sleepy jack

Meat Puppets "II"

I'm actually surprised by how much I like this. Not because of its sound or anything but for some reason I just didn't think I'd like it much. Probably because I heard they were such a huge influence on Nirvana who I have a really weird relationship with. Sometimes the vocals bugged me because of how much they sounded like Cobain's but that wasn't too much of a bother because Cobain's voice alone bugs me some of the times when he does that whine thing too much mainly.

This album went by surprisingly fast I was looking at it thinking "19 Songs? I really hope they weren't the inspiration for all my least favorite Nirvana elements." but writing this now I'm already on the 16th track and I didn't really notice how fast it had slipped by. The guitar playing is stellar, it seems to be influenced by a desert like country atmosphere but at the same time doesn't carry that usual annoying twangyness all country has.

All in all this is a good album I'll probably listen to a few more times. I prefer the slower songs like Plateau over the more energetic New God type ones so I imagine I'll be revisiting mostly for those tracks.

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