Knoxville Girls - In a Paper Suit

On their sophomore effort this underground supergroup (members of Cramps, Boss Hog, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks, Sonic Youth and lots more) continue mining their primitive rock'n'roll/ country/ blues roots to great effect. I'm only sorry that it has taken me this long to discover them and it makes me realize how much good music is still out there waiting for my ears to find it!

The kick off instro, "Any Reason to Celebrate" has a fine, stripper beat, hip keys and nice bluesy, greasy guitar runs. For "(Any Other) Loving Cup" they pull out an early Stones, R'n'B-ish groove, "Oh Baby, What You Gonna Do Now" is kinda country/ kinda blues (nice slide emulating both genres)/kinda Dylan/kinda R'n'B/kinda I don't know what, as they are wont to do, and they do a bouncin', kinda soulful but cacophonous (dig those guitar solos!) cover of the Shangri Las "Sophisticated Boom Boom".

They do a bit of no-wave jazz (in their own way) for the title cut, they go country for "Baby Wedding Bell Blues", then sorta emulate Southern Culture on the Skids for the slide-blues number "That's Alright With Me", and pull out tasty tremelo and slide guitars and fine organ work for a terrific take on Hank Williams' "'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone". Turn up the reverb and add Jew's Harp, of all things, for the spooky surfiness of "50 Feet High, 50 Feet Down", then some trashy slide blues that reminds me a lot of what Jerry is doing now with Chicken Snake for "One Last Thing", a bit of primitive country with a mix of noisy blues in "Butcher Knife", nice acoustic work with an appropriately trashy electric lead section for "Drop Dead Gorgeous", a touch of no-wave soulful funk for "My New Dinner", properly distorted slide (great sound!) for ambiance for Hasil Atkins' "By the Lonesome River" (kinda similar effect to the Cramps doing "Lonesome Town") and the finale is simply titled "5:28" and is a stompin', rackety, maybe-Tom-Waits-y blues via the Velvet Underground - very cool!

OK, I have a feeling that these cats are gonna become my new favorite, currently-non-existent band! Really amazing sounds here - find these records, you won't regret it!