Demigods of U.S.lo-fi,kings of cool,Royal Trux are the '90s finest exponent of the avant-garage mess-thetic,rivalled only by Pavement.Neil Hagerty began Trux with partner Jenifer Herrema as a sideline from his main squeeze Pussy Galore.Like Galore,Trux combine rock classicism with Lower East Side skronk."Cats and Dogs" is the band's 4th album with great songs and psycho-surreal lyrics.Hagerty's and Herrema's slurred,unison vocals exude a ghoulish cool.Dissipation is the keynote."Turn of the Century" starts like the bottleneck blues on the soundtrack to "Perfomance",then crumples and wilts into a dust-blown ghost town of sound.There's so much more to this band than a Stones fetish.
0 comments:
Post a Comment