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Crooked Mile March by Boxcar Satan
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fave it Punk | Texas Style
13 tracks | 42 minutes
Released Feb 2007
on DogFingers Recordings
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No-account no wave blues from San Antonio, Texas; Boxcar Satan deconstructs American roots music and pours a particularly venomous brand of self-loathing noise from the demon bottle.
Editorial review
Boxcar Satan is one hard band to figure out. Combining several different genres together in one big, fat, noisy sound, the band comes across as the grunge-rock equivalent to Mr. Bungle. Seedier and self-consciously dumber than Bungle, Boxcar Satan plows through the 13 tracks like a freight train, giving each song the filthy touch it needs to be truly effective. "On the Midway" recalls Boss Hog's trademark swagger, while "Best Be Gone" sounds like Morphine with GWAR's Oderous Urungus on vocals. The real star of Crooked Mile March may be James Cobb, the man who not only designed the incredible packaging, but also plays beautiful saxophone on a good portion of the tracks. The fact that he is not an official bandmember only makes him that much cooler, although this is one band that is not afraid to have guests on their album. No fewer than seven extra musicians pop up at different times during the album, contributing instruments as un-rock like as accordion and vibraphone. This tendency to experiment is the strongest aspect of their sound; just when you expect one thing they turn it on its head and give you another. The album is undoubtedly abrasive, which does begin to take its toll on the listener toward the end. Vocalist Sanford Allen has a brutally gruff voice, another aspect of the sound that may be charming to some but may also drive some listeners away. But his performance on their cover of Soft Cell's "Seedy Films" is a sleazy highlight, sounding all the world like Tom Waits as they take the original song and slow it down to a jazzy crawl. Overall, Crooked Mile March is one of the more impressive debuts of 2001, and shows a band with a lot of great ideas successfully manipulating the boundaries of noise rock. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
No-account no-wave blues from San Antonio, Texas.
Boxcar Satan is a three-piece band that deconstructs American roots music and pours a particularly venomous brand of self-loathing noise from the demon bottle.
Depression-era Delta blues, post-industrial field hollers, free improvization and a healthy dose of post-punk skronk are fused together like quadruplets joined at the head.
Guitarist/vocalist Sanford Allen and bassist Patrick Sane are alumni of Texas industrial terrorists the Evil Mothers. Drummer Mike Smith's resume includes work with Thee Tonebenders, Where the Action Is and a string of South Texas punk and garage outfits.
"This sounds like Howlin' Wolf fronting Scratch Acid...A good mind f**k that fans of the Cows and/or Jesus Lizard might like most. Highly recommended." -- Flipside.
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