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Tuesday, February 22, 2005  5:57 am 

Jesu don’t Fear Satan (bread and loafing in Sussex Uni)

Hunter S. Thompson died like he lived: the way he chose.

Is there a better song to bid him farewell than this quasi-funeral march of drug addled king-hell heaviness? Yeah, Jesu’s in da house.

Jesu- Your Path to Divinity

This ain’t no White Rabbit, but it comes from the same expanded conscience twilight zone, kickstarting Jesu’s self titled debut album (out in Hydra Head), a fractured dream of hypnotic droning, savage avalanches of beautiful toxic Spacialshamanic distortion and incomprehensible phased vocals that bring to mind the shoegazing movement’s horrorist shrieking faction.

This is brought to you by Justin Broadrick from Godflesh, a legendary grindcore outfit about which I know next to nothing (would be keen to hear any comments/recommendations our dear readers might have about them) and some other people (including an ex-drummer of the legendary Swans, can hear some of that here too). They manage to be epic in the best way, like GSY!BE or Mogwai at their My-Father-My-King best, crashing the sludgerock party on a cough syrup overdose.

And up, or maybe down, for once, goes the good doctor, while the guitars screech and cry and celebrate and the pupils dilate and the skin-pores expand becoming black holes lusty for life, sucking every sensation.

Say hi to Lester and Jack (and Oscar, if he’s around) when you get there!

Selah

Ps- I knew Pitchfork wouldn’t disappoint me. Nice tribute to HST by Rob Mitchum. And a Jesu review! Yay!


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4 Comments on “Jesu don’t Fear Satan (bread and loafing in Sussex Uni)”

  1. Anonymous

    Wednesday, February 23, 2005   4:31 am

    I think there’s a Godflesh best of actually? If not, start with their self-titled album, then get Slavestate. Check out the Austerity Program too, they sound like Godflesh crossed with Big Black. Justin K Broadrick is also possibly the world’s finest remixer. Word.

  2. 20jazzfunkgreats

    Wednesday, February 23, 2005   11:00 am

    Thank you reader! I didn’t know he was also involved with techno animal, quite like some of that!

    Smells the scent of big black and swims there hungry like a big white

    cheers

    Juanfunkgreats

  3. To Mega Therion

    Thursday, February 24, 2005   5:15 am

    All Hail The New ‘flesh, as they say…

    There is a Godflesh best of called ‘In All Languages’, but their magnum opus was definitely ‘Streetcleaner’, the second record proper. Fucking awesome barrage of concrete-jungle nihilism, like Big Black crossed with the vibe of ‘Unknown Pleasures’ on Satanic shrooms. One of my top ten records of all time, for whatever that’s worth.Most of their stuff’s mack daddy, but ‘Pure’, ‘Songs Of Love And Hate’ the recently re-released ‘Messiah’ and the incredible Jesu EP ‘Heartache’ (reminds me of Low crossed with Killing Joke and slooowed down) are all well worth checking out, as is that Techno Animal record ‘Brotherhood Of The Bomb’

  4. Dave

    Thursday, February 24, 2005   9:09 am

    Godflesh’s early stuff is pure grind: slow, low and heavy. I would recommend the track “Like Rats” or “Streetcleaner” (excellent samples of some serial killer (supposed to be either Henry Lee Lucas or Mark David Chapman) in this song). “Tiny Tears” and “Pulp” is also from this era, but I’d recommend the peel session versions — they do a not of the hat to Throbbing Gristle in the peel version in the peel version of “Pulp” (“discipline!” shouted in rhythm). Latter GF gets …different… some of the dub remixes are great. They used a drum machine for drums right up until 1995/6 (when they brought in Brain Mantia (later of Primus) who was replaced afterwards for Ted Parsons of SWANS/Prong. Latter GF that I would recommend: “Wake” from Songs of Love and Hate, “Xnoybis” from Selfless, “Wilderness of Mirrors (Dub)” from Messiah (unreleased CDR-only album).

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