JASON WILLETT & RON ANDERSON - Be the First on the Block to Eat the Snake (Ra Sounds 004)
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Ron, we all
know from his explosive guitar and bass playing in RonRuins, PAK, the
Molecules and his occasional solo insanity. Jason is a bit more
mysterious, but you might recall his work with Jad Fair and his
legendary label from Baltimore named Megaphone. This is mostly a studio
duo effort with Ron and Jason switching off on numerous instruments and
a bit of help from a few friends. The duo play their own blend of
twisted noise rock, deranged pop, mutant melodies, occasionally catchy,
somewhat sinister and most often fun-filled. The screaming and tortured
vocal bits are somewhat disturbing but don't last very long since all
the songs are on the shorter side. As noisy as it gets, it is also quite
tight and pretty exciting. I gotta admit to digging this in a sick sorta
way since there is a certain charm to the way that there are pearls
buried beneath the layer(s) of noise, if you are willing to do some
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