U.S. Christmas
Eat The Low Dogs
Neurot Recordings
2008
Rating: 7.5 surly hillbillies out of 10
This isn't your father's metal. Or shit, maybe it is, I don't have a clue what your dad listens to, he might be cool. What I do know is this isn't the straight-forward cookie-cutter crap that gets passed off as “metal” these days, And maybe you already assumed that, knowing this record was released by the legendary Neurot Recordings, home label of the one and only Neurosis. In fact, I'd be hesitant to even really call it metal, though it does it get heavy at times.
It's a clusterfuck of a sound really, that somehow works itself out into a glorious listenable noise...if you were to combine Neil Young's “Dead Man” soundtrack, a heavy dose of Hawkwind, and a shitload of psychedelics (without crossing over into hippie territory) you'd be getting close to what U.S. Christmas sound like. This music is the brown acid you were warned not to take.
You know that movie “The Postman”, where Kevin Costner is riding around on a horse in a snow-covered desolate wasteland, dressed like an extra from “Mad Max”? That's kinda the visual equivalent to this album, only not crappy like that movie, if you catch my drift. And even if you don't catch my drift, it's just plain awesome and you should do yourself a favor and listen to this band.
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