THE BRAZEN HUSSIES -- 'YA-BA'

Released in 2002
Peanut Records
No catalog number
Dave Queen -- vox/guitars/stuff
Lunch -- bass guitar
Russell Curtis -- drums

Rachel Carter, Julie Gravell, Jyl Millard -- additional vox
Produced by Dave Queen
Engineered by Wan Hewiit @ Scarlet Recording
Special Thanks L Psyche

Thoughts

The final Brazen Hussies EP, at least for now, fits into the vein of mostly short songs plus one long one as established on Brazen Hussies II. "Crawfish" -- not a cover of the Elvis Presley song -- has Dave calmly singing in his multitracked style about how 'civilization is consideration' over another one of his part 70s FM rock/part prog creations (if anything he suddenly reminds me at least of a bit of Jack Bruce via Chris Goss, which could be thoroughly intentional). "Vittima Colpavole" in somewhat contrast begins with calm piano but then swiftly sidesteps into an angular jam with a truly weird-if-minimal bassline, guitar bits sounding like lost radio transmissions and singing that at once is part and not part of the performance -- all of a sudden, though, the influence of Berlin-era Bowie really suggests itself. "Sleep It Off" is the shortest track at a minute and twenty seconds, a quick and in comparison more straightforward song, vocals well buried in the mix behind a really fun riff. In contrast "FeeBee" is the longest song at seven minutes, an early seventies not-metal-as-such rampaging riff monster that makes me think of Mountain more than anything else if not quite as loud (Dave's sometimes hoarse shrieks help in this regard). The sassy female vocal break, though, seems perfectly in keeping with the general approach, as does the appearance of a synth/xylophone (?) jam at almost four minutes in, switching things from sludge to jauntiness even as the guitar keeps zoning and stretching out in the background. "Decathexis" concludes things on a piano/vocal note, sounding a bit Hunky Dory-like if anything.
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