Blood Visions

Blood Visions

by Jay Reatard
Blood Visions

Blood Visions

by Jay Reatard

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

On his first solo album, Jay Reatard...well, judging by the album cover, "grows up" clearly isn't right. Nor is "makes a more mature musical statement" quite on the nose. How about "sucks less"? The Reatards were always a good idea improperly executed: their lo-fi take on the goofball teenage humor of the Queers or the Mr. T Experience had its moments, but they were often in need of an editor and some slightly better-quality recording equipment. Blood Visions is considerably more listenable in terms of fidelity: R. Stevie Moore's '70s and '80s albums would be a reasonable home-recording touchstone. Musically, it's also a big step up, as well as a step into the past. Blood Visions has the antic, jumpy quality of many now-obscure new wave records of the early '80s, from the era when artists like Wazmo Nariz and Skafish thought a funny name and a yelpy, David Byrne-derived singing voice, along with a cheap synth and some narrow sunglasses, were the path to success. By keeping the oddball affectations down to a minimum while keeping up the neurotic post-punk momentum, Reatard burns through 15 aggressively quirky but mostly entertaining songs in just under half an hour. More energy, better sounding, tighter focus, better songs...maybe this IS a more mature musical statement! ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date: 01/19/2010
Label: Fat Possum Records / Turnstile
UPC: 0767981120317

Tracks

  1. Blood Visions
  2. Greed, Money, Useless Children
  3. It's So Easy
  4. My Shadow
  5. My Family
  6. Death is Forming
  7. Oh It's Such a Shame
  8. Not a Substitute
  9. Nightmares
  10. I See You Standing There
  11. We Who Wait
  12. Fading All Away
  13. Turning Blue
  14. Puppet Man
  15. Waiting For Something

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jay Reatard   Primary Artist,Various Instruments,Bass,Drums,Guitar,Vocals
Alix Brown   Guitar (Bass),Bass

Technical Credits

Jay Reatard   Audio Engineer,Mixing,Engineer
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