Product description N/A .com This debut is primordial rock: swampy, primitive, and totally organic. Arrington de Dionyso howls with the fervor of a preacher's son gone astray, like someone all guttural and ancient (Captain Beefheart, say, or Jad Fair). Aaron Hartman (also of Olympia, Washington's analog drum & bass act ICU) slaps his bass in a righteous frenzy, while sticksman Phil Elvrum pounds as if Satan is at his heels. Want songs? They got songs! "Giant Boat" is like Beat Happening gone wild. "Khomuz" throws in a jew's-harp which sounds uncannily like a didgeridoo. The strained vocalizing on "Office Building," meanwhile, would put even Nick Cave to shame. And "Telephone Call" revives fond memories of Pere Ubu's early Rough Trade singles. Jeez, Louise! These men are deranged. --Everett True
J**E
Calamity? Yes. Absurd? Definitely. Joyously Entertaining? YA
The creation that is Old Time Relijun is, at best, unorganized noise-rock. But for being that, it is a beautifully crafted Mona Lisa of music. Never before have I heard a twangy guitar, a drumset that plays like the apocalypse, and a muddy bass bring so much unhindered calamity to my ears, and so much embarrassing laughter to my self. This album, for all of it's rants and raves about dinosaur claws and bloody feet, is truly a work to be loved; for comic relief, for pure enjoyment, for some modest confusion. I'd never buy a CD like this for the music, but rather for the feeling the music bestows on the listener. A true diamond, in the albeit mightily dirty rough. A must have for a person with a sense of humor and good music, as well as awful sound.
F**M
Get yer stompin' shoes on!
This CD sounds like a pack of rabid dogs and a raving junkie running around a bad neighborhod kicking trash cans. I mean that in a good way. If you are sick of the muddy dreck that goes around calling itself indie rock these days, buy this CD immediatly. Disonant but oddly inspired, this is music you might even think about as you lurch and stomp across the dance floor like a Pentacostal lapsing into paganism. Overall, an excellent album. Don't stray too far away from your "skip" button on this one, however, because a few tracks require a very particular sensability.
K**R
i like noise
i like really noisy dischordant music. if you do too than i think old time relijun is for you. i mean these guys make me want to drink range juice on a warm day. yay!!!
J**A
You've got to be kidding me.
Old Time Relijun is one of the worst bands I have ever heard, and I hear a lot of music. I bought it because I heard it was sounded like the more strange tendencies of Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart, but that is way too big of a compliment. This sounds more like somebody torturing diarrhetic goat on the rack. It is the some of the most unpleasent, atrocious crap ever. Trust me on this one.(P.S.-This review is valid for any Old Time Relijun album.)
J**Y
better than you
just buy this record, stupid. Remember when Andy Gill was cool?
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