…Arriving 26 years on from its original 2000 release by the Fuzzbox label, and after a 2003 reissue via Beggars imprint too pure, the album has been newly remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios.
Sure, the title is ironic. But its aim is good. ‘My Pain And Sadness…’ wields irony as a savage weapon rather than a smug, self-serving joke; this is the sound of McLusky’s kangaroo court convened – a self-appointed culling force, dead set on weeding out cynical three-chord punk fakers by sounding a lot like Sonic Youth re-recording ‘Daydream Nation’ at double speed. In an abbatoir.
Blood, guts, righteous fury – they’re all things the Yanks are currently churning out in factory-line proportions, and at first, it seems…
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Having disbanded some 20 years ago, Mclusky‘s fizzling out was somewhat out of step with what the band usually bought to the table.
On stage and in the studio, Mclusky was one of the most acerbic, aggressive, and sarcastic bands around. For those lucky enough to watch the original line up tear up stages and thrash themselves and their instruments to the point of destruction, they became one of those bands that transcended pretty much everyone else.
They clearly had something about them, because by their second album, Mclusky Do Dallas, they were recording with the late Steve Albini. That something, was that they managed to deliver these bitter pills in the form of some ridiculously catchy hooks, all driven by relentless and…