If you can attempt to imagine Television tackling a Surfaris tune, ever wondered what the V. Underground could've accomplished if they spent less time reading, or simply crave a more sonically raw B-side for the Music Explosion's biggest hit, you'll find it ALL here, my friend, along with more tortured Telecasters and delightfully ham-fisted drumming than you can shake a bottle of paint remover at. Then just when you think you couldn't be having any more brainless fun, along creeps a seemingly trite little ditty entitled "Calling Elvis": unlike what I bet you're thinking, this track sounds as if it was unceremoniously chopped from the first Hendrix album, I kid you not!

Yes, could the phrases "Something for everyone", not to mention "Use caution when handling", ever apply more to one single tape?

SOUNDTRACK: Sexy Beast Soundtrack

South: From Here on in

[Issue Thirty-One // June 2000]