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THE JESUS LIZARD - Down (1994 Touch and Go)
noise rock \ post-hardcore
"Though it is with this album that The Jesus Lizard starting looking outside the boundaries of their own perfect invention (as heard on 1993’s Liar), the adjustments are subtle enough to undeniably work. Bands only make one Liar, even the ones like The Jesus Lizard that occupied one of the figurative corner offices of ’90s indie rock as ultimate purveyors of their subgenre. On Down, song structure is toyed with more, and when the result is a slight shift toward the traditional or accessible, it works, and it’s where the album shines (best examples: “Fly On The Wall” and “The Best Parts”). This would be the last record recorded with The Jesus Lizard’s longtime associate in album engineering, Steve Albini, and the final J.L. title on Touch and Go before the band went over to the majors, where it made two albums with Capitol before dissolving in the late ’90s. The Jesus Lizard’s classic run of Touch and Go material was reissued by that label in 2011 after the band reunited in 2008 and performed live for a couple of years. In 2013, The Jesus Lizard’s self-published Book, a coffee table tome to serve as an illustrated and written history of the band." - Gimme Indie Rock
> Head (1990) https://vk.cc/c8u2aK
> Goat (1991) https://vk.cc/c8u2d5
> Liar (1992) https://vk.cc/c8u2ft
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