Grinderman 2

Artist:

Grinderman

UPC:

045778712526

Description:

Audio Mixer: Nick Launay.
Recording information: Assault & Battery (2009); State Of The Art (2009).
Photographer: Polly Borland.
When Nick Cave put the Bad Seeds on temporary hiatus, he formed Grinderman with Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos, and Martyn Casey -- all members of his primary outfit. They were the mirror image of the Bad Seeds: irreverent, hard rocking, and just plain fun. They issued their self-titled debut album, a crunchy, howling slab of grit, grime, sleazy humor, swampy shambolic blues, and high-octane garage band energy. Grinderman 2 is another step in that direction, albeit a bit further afield. Cave`s songwriting goes further into the blackly humorous -- note titles such as "Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man" and "Worm Tamer" to name just two -- and the band`s sound evolves. All the original trademarks are there: the cacophonous piano, howling guitars and electric mandolins, sawing violins, low-end basslines, and cracking, clamorous beats, rooted in basic roar and roll. That said, these songs travel to the fringes as well; there is more improvisation, more willingness to let a tune come close to falling apart before pasting it back together. This is what some would call a more "experimental" record, though it is no less enjoyable, and far more fierce in the death-rattling whomp that Grinderman`s debut merely hinted at.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
2. Worm Tamer
3. Heathen Child
4. When My Baby Comes
5. What I Know
6. Evil
7. Kitchenette
8. Palaces of Montezuma
9. Bellringer Blues

Album Information

Release Date:

09/14/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Anti (USA)

Producer:

Grinderman; Nick Launay

Catalog Number:

87125

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

41 : 30

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