Monday, October 14, 2019

The 1986 Listening Post - Big Black - Atomizer

Big Black - Atomizer


#1/1158
January 1 1986
Big Black
Atomizer
Genre: Post-Rock
4.75 out of 5

Highlights:
Jordan, Minnesota
Passing Complexion
Kerosene
Stinking Drunk
Bazooka Joe


What a great way to start off the new year. Straddling the line between punk and industrial Big Black is funny, nihilistic and pummeling. 
For the first time in a long time I actually want to go back and listen to their earlier EPs.
Wow.
Here’s a thing I didn’t know: Music industry giant Steve Albini is a founder of this thing. Again. Wow. 
There’s much hype about the song “Kerosene”, both for it’s content and it’s music. It is a post-rock thing of industrial wonder, as far as I’m concerned.
I love this record. It’s the logical next step in this sound’s evolution. 


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