Awesome, one of my favourite cuts from Clear Spot. One of the all around catchiest Beefheart tracks and I love how the heterophonic slide, really spices up the track. And of course the Beef always nails it live. 10/10

It's a cool enough track. Nothing to stand out about it though. ☆☆☆1/2

I liked the fat, heavy groove and the track had a lot of energy. Maybe not something I can see myself put on a playlist, but it was good for what it was. I imagine this band has some more interesting tracks somewhere, perhaps.

7/10

My pick: Pharaoh - Castles in the Sky



(If you feel like you recognize the singer's voice, it's Tim Aymar, who sang on that Control Denied album).

I'm listening to the weedly deedly metal intro and then the worst 90s Matt Barlow trad metal **** singer with no sense of taste ever ruins even irony. 3/10 and that's a gift.

Reminds me of All Tomorrow's Parties in a way. Sick vocals. Sexy sax. I wouldn't be surprised if they did some shows with This Heat. 8/10


https://flanch.bandcamp.com/track/purgatory4u

The sax sounds like they accidentally invented record scratching.

Srry Frown, that song was unavailable for me even when i tried finding it.

Did you click the bandcamp link below the video?

I did.. Now. The beat was great and so was the singing at the beginning but then they started rapping. I didn't think the song needed that. 6/10

Bumping a once-popular thread that just dried up and died for no clear reason four years ago. Where is Black Francis? Probably got tired of waiting for a mini-review of this song:-

Wait no longer, Black Francis!!

I just listened once and went through these opinions in quick succession:-
kind of average sounding/jumping around a lot/ is it supposed to be a rock opera?/nice, strong, vaguely familiar lead guitar at 3 mins in/at last the song has settled down.
All that adds up to about 6/10.



How about Big Electric Cat? A review anytime within the next 4 years would be fine.