Broken Man 7''
Red Pig
1999
Rating: 9.5 Italian greyhounds out of 10
This was the first release by Eric Bachmann under the name Crooked Fingers that was released after the break-up of Archers of Loaf. That was an incredibly sad time for me, but I soon came to love Crooked Fingers almost as much as the Archers. It was sorta tough at the time to see Bachmann take this rootsier route after the indie punk fervor of his past, but now these tunes feel like second nature to me. "Broken Man," also found on the first Crooked Fingers record, is still one of the best songs Bachmann has ever recorded. The other side, "Red Devil Dawn," is only found here despite him also putting out a full-length record by the same name. Kind of odd, good song though.
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