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(09) The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone (2012)

It's only fair to be wary of an album of new material from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; after all, it's been eight years.
"Meat And Bone" is a consolidation of sorts. Gone are the guest musicians and the roll call of impressive production talent. This is The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in its purest form, three musicians grabbing the reigns and making music for themselves and by themselves. It’s also an affirmation as Meat And Bone returns to the core values of two guitars intertwining with each other and riffs push and pull in all manner of directions with beats so solid and precise that it beggars belief they were created by a human being. And, of course, Jon Spencer’s manic and howling delivery which is part-preacher, part-demented torment.
The wild, cross-genre experimentation of 2002's Plastic Fang and 2004's Damage have been left in the desert wilderness of nostalgia in favor of back-to-basics dirty ass rock & roll, warped blues, and fractured funk. Spencer's gone back behind the production desk and doesn't muck things up even when he gets (a little) adventurous. He keeps reverb and fuzz up front, the guitars at earschplittenloudenboomer, and the drums miked to 11, and he doesn't worry about much else. "Black Mold" roars out of the gate with the blasted, speaker-shredding riffing of yore. That said, it merely sets the tone for a journey that's sweaty, loud, and proud. "Bag of Bones" morphs the primal 1969 Rolling Stones and Licensed to Ill-era Beastie Boys with surprisingly effective results. "Boot Cut" you've heard before--it is a complete, shameless remake of "Bell Bottoms." it's the ebst cut here. "Get Your Pants Off" is guttersnipe funk that sounds like the Sonics playing James Brown. Things get loopy and whacked on "Bottle Baby," where power riffs, off-kilter rhythms, a lopsided bridge, shambolic, distorted production, and Spencer railing a stream-of-(un)consciousness rant serve grit and grease as a main course. "Black Thoughts" indulges itself in pure Rolling Stones worship, which is fine but not unexpected. "Unclear" is angular late-night blues, while "Bear Trap" is a sinister, howling rocker that would bring out Homeland Security if cranked to full volume. Thankfully, this whole 12-track mess clocks in at under 40 minutes. Meat + Bone may not restore faith in reunions in general, but it does prove that this burly trio has plenty of swagger and sloppy rock and roll left in them.

Track listing

01.  "Black Mold"  (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins)  - 3:17 
02.  "Bag of Bones" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:54 
03.  "Boot Cut" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:46 
04.  "Get Your Pants Off" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 2:43 
05.  "Ice Cream Killer" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:18 
06.  "Strange Baby" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:06 
07.  "Bottle Baby" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:06 
08.  "Danger" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 2:43 
09.  "Black Thoughts" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 3:22 
10.  "Unclear" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 2:02 
11.  "Bear Trap" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 4:16 
12.  "Zimgar" (Judah Bauer, Russell, Simins) - 4:08 

Release:  September 18, 2012
Label:  Boombox/Mom
Genre:  Indie Rock, Punk, Blues
Lenght:  39:41
Producer:  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Personnel
Jon Spencer - Guitar, Vox
Judah Bauer - Guitar
Russell Simins - Drums
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