Junkyard

Wasn't able to find this Spotify but thanks to this link I was able to find a lot of the songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglUu7rOaMDtVwnAyTk9BNz80ONuhBxkO

Before listening to this album, I noticed this was one of the lowest rated albums. Makes sense why. It's like if blues/post-punk was made with the screechiest, roughest instruments. They do make a dirty/scrapyard sound, except for the singer. He doesn't sound tuff, bro sounds like a zombie tweaking out 🤡. Not sure what made them think a few 4+ minute songs were a good idea. At least it's better than the last album, that had little to no changes in its instrumentation (2.5-3).

Nick Cave strikes again

Well, I guess i’m not a big fan of post punk

This makes me think less of all of the Nick Cave albums I haven't gotten yet. Sorry but this album stinks like yesterday's diapers.

For however abrasive and noisy that it gets it does feel like a unique and interesting listen. Will not come back to it often though.

7/10 [KEEP]

Pre Listen:
What the fuck is going on in the album cover. Looks like something I'd see on a wall in the greasiest pizza/burger restaurant in town, before eating the worst food ever. Slightly low expectations from the album cover alone.

Notable Tracks:
Blast Off - Heart sank progressively deeper every second the track played. Low expectations weren't low enough apparently. This is the kind of music a teenager plays to intentionally piss off their parents, and look back on with embarrassment.
She's Hit - Skipped halfway through. This might be it.
Dead Joe - Stopped listening to this about 20 seconds in. I've heard enough.
The Dim Locater - Came back and listened to this one after taking a break. Quit listening about halfway through.

Post Listen:
Fastest 1 out of 5 to date. Might be the fastest for this whole project.

This shit sounds like elementary schoolers got access to a recording studio. I know the band is doing it intentionally, because the lead singer keeps doing shitty voices and making shitty noises. The audio mixing is shit, the guitar work intentionally dirty and unpolished. It's an intentionally shit album, you'd be hard pressed to convince me otherwise, it's literally called "Junkyard". That's what this sort of punk-rock is, stylistically.

Some people enjoy that kind of thing. I call them masochists. Not a great introduction to the esteemed Nick Cave. At least the album cover gives an accurate impression to the shitfest that is this album. 1/5.

Okay man this fucking sucked dude

The Good: It’s a birthday party!
The Bad: Held at a junkyard…
The Ugly: Getting bitten by the dog…

Noise, for the sake of noise, is just noise…

Experimental, for the sake of experiment, is just posing…

Nick Cave get’s too much credit…

Shit

1*

wat

B/c I consider Sonic Youth & Pavement to be the chief exponents of noise, it's hard to characterize the Birthday Party along the same lines, so diff are these aesthetics from those. This is commotion, horror & commotion, &'s got a momentum that even the best of Pavement doesn't posses: nothing is alright here, it's all speeding to disaster & depravity. 'She's hit she's hit she's hit she's hit'; 'Junk-junk-jun-jun-un-un-un'; 'He wears a crucifix, he wears a crucifix / Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.' The obvious comps are Tom Waits & Beefheart, but The VU, Suicide, & Joy Division are there as well. & I basically dig it. My beef is not that it's crazy or fucked up, but that it's not funny enuf, that it takes itself too seriously, & that metal is a creeping axis.

again fine but i didn’t care about any of the songs at all

The kind of noise you would expect at a junkyard birthday party!

Ein Album wie ein schlechter Tag: laut, chaotisch, und man fragt sich ständig, warum man das verdient hat. Historisch? Vielleicht. Hörbar? Eher nicht.

Hated it to start with but it grew on me by the halfway point

Cool ass album cover

This album is the sonic equivalent of walking home in the dark while its slightly damp out and you are wearing a jacket too light for the wind chill. This album puts you on edge. The more melodic sections can’t be fully enjoyed because of the cacophony that you know is imminent. Great album. Favorites were She’s Hit, Hamlet, Big-Jesus-Trash-Can, and Kiss Me Black.

I appreciate this album more on day seven hundred eighty something than I would have at the beginning of this, uh, quest.

DNF. This was terrible. Just noise.

Dead Joe made me want to shoot myself. Weird grunting-singing that is more annoying than anything else.
Trash album, I don't enjoy punk as much as I thought I did. 1*

I get why people don’t like this. I definitely wouldn’t say I’m a fan of the production, nor would I spin this on a consistent basis. But overall, I dig the blues-infused noise punk of it all. I especially like “She’s Hit”, “Several Sins”, “Kiss Me Black”, “The Dim Locator”, and “Big-Jesus-Trash-Can”.

3.5/5