This album contains some of the noisiest and most unapologetically down-home
blues
recorded in the post-war era.
Hezekiah Early
and
Elmo Williams
are both semi-professional musicians, but both play and sing as if their life depended on it, with force and power. The
this duo plays are decidedly modern (even post-modern), and would appeal to any fan of
Sonic Youth'
s white
noise rock
Captain Beefheart'
s Dadaesque
R&B
.
Williams
' guitar on
"Hoopin' and Hollern'"
sounds like it was played through a completely fired amp, and
Early
's harp on
"Insane Instrumental"
sounds like a trucker grinding gears. But that doesn't mean the duo can't conjure up some soul.
William'
s
gospel-ish
"Let It All Go"
closes the album. ~ John Duffy