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Sing Sing Death House (Ltd Ed 20th Ann. Doublemint & Black Galaxy Vinyl)

Improving on their very fine, self-titled debut album, Sing Sing Death House, is battle-scarred and resolute, but Brody’s tough voice is more expressive than your average punker’s and especially affecting when she flaunts the full range of her throaty snarl. On “Seneca Falls,” an appreciation of the women’s suffrage movement set to chugging guitars and a thumpity-thump bass, there’s an exceptional, goose bump-inducing though unintelligible chorus, which soars above the music because of the emotional quality of Brody’s howl.

Otherwise, the music is quite stirring, coming from a gang of gutter-punks with lip piercings. New coloured vinyl pressing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s iconic album.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Sick Of It All
2. I Am A Revenant
3. Seneca Falls
4. The Young Crazed Peeling
5. Sing Sing Death House
6. Bullet & The Bullseye

SIDE B
1. City Of Angels
2. Young Girl
3. Hate Me
4. Desperate
5. I Understand
6. Lordy Lordy