Review: Fearsome garage rock / grunge punk foursome Mudhoney, active since the late 1980s, juxtapose their latest record Plastic Eternity - which laments the plight of humanity - with a complementary reissue of their breakout debut record, which documents the relatively carefree mode that defined them from their early days onwards. The indie quad squad - made up of vocalist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters - are best known for their crusted sludge-punk sound, and this reissue is a working reminder of this fact, one that landed them squarely in deathless annals of grunge history; many of the tracks on Mudhoney, especially the Blue Cheer cover 'Magnolia Caboose Babyshit', are considered pioneering of the later mainstream sound. The record is sickeningly fast, shreddy and road-hardened, but a closer listen, especially to the mixes thereon, hears it also house an early stirring of the purply/neon sonic haze that would also go on to define the indie pop music emergent shortly after that time.
Review: Mudhoney's 'Plastic Eternity' hears a dejectedly fitting 'Loser Edition' fly into our faces, once more hammering home the band's fervent commitment to battling climate change through grunge. The irony of this statement is immense - the band say it themselves; 'the world is filling up with (grunge), humanity remains addicted to pollution despite the planet getting hotter by the minute'. But that's the entire point. This band has been around for over 30 years and their distinctive West Coast grunge sound might be new to some, but we're sure newcomers will be sold on it - it's got raucous clangers, anti-fash love songs, and even dog-friendly protest tunes all in the mix.
No One Has (live In Berlin October 10, 1988 - CD2)
Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More
Need
Chain that Door
If I Think
Mudride
Here Comes Sickness
Touch Me I'm Sick
In N Out Of Grace
Mudride (live on KCSB, Santa Barbara November 16, 1988)
Here Comes Sickness
No One Has
By Her Own Hand
Touch Me I'm Sick
Dead Love
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