Jesus Chryst (Vinyl)

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• Format: Vinyl   Learn more about the Vinyl format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Label: Paw Tracks
• UPC: 677517100716
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106222698
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #152133 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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There was an allure to the Peppermints' 2003 album Sweet Tooth Abortion. Its wrecked electric guitar and occasional spunky drumbeats kind of let you ignore the mumbled lyrics, inane screaming, and messy discord crammed in its margins. Like the Coachwhips, Country Teasers, or even G.G. Allin, the Peppermints' overall aesthetic was compelling even when their moving parts weren't. 2005's Jesus Chryst takes a different approach. It amplifies the yelps, howls, and guttural instrumentation, forgoing scraggly punk derivation for noisy detours into confrontation for confrontation's sake. "Snak 10" is 42 seconds of chanted vocal gibberish; the spindly "Rabid Frogs" could be Huggy Bear as court jesters. Often, as on "Red Wedding, White Wedding," the Peppermints deconstruct their songs into piles of clattering instruments and incoherent vocals. It's obvious that Jesus Chryst is meant to confront, confound, or otherwise rub meanly against conservatism, from its artwork's hedonistic reset of the Last Supper to unsafe-for-work song titles like "Sexy Total Fuck." ~ Johnny Loftus

There was an allure to the Peppermints' 2003 album Sweet Tooth Abortion. Its wrecked electric guitar and occasional spunky drumbeats kind of let you ignore the mumbled lyrics, inane screaming, and messy discord crammed in its margins. Like the Coachwhips, Country Teasers, or even G.G. Allin, the Peppermints' overall aesthetic was compelling even when their moving parts weren't. Unfortunately, little to none of that promise carries over to 2005's Jesus Chryst. The album wears its Paw Tracks imprint like a badge of honor, as if you're supposed to accept the Peppermints' noisy eccentricities simply because the ever-confounding Animal Collective put Chryst out on their label. It doesn't work like that. There has to be more substance than 42 seconds of blabbering guitar and chanted vocal gibberish ("Snak 10") or incoherent court jester-punk ("Rabid Frogs"). The lilting sub-Mary Timony interlude "Santorum" could reference conservative Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, or sex columnist Dan Savage's satirical campaign against him. But you wouldn't know, since the song's lyrics are unclear and instrumentally the Peppermints sound half-lidded and bored. Most of Chryst's 18 tracks are just over a minute long; most grate like the prickling, sonic prison tattoo "Yes It Is." If the album is supposed to ignite controversy, it doesn't. The artwork's jokingly hedonistic Last Supper reset is a template for the album's failure: it's insular and forced, like the product of undergrads free for the first time to "make a statement." As songs like "Red Wedding, White Wedding" splinter into piles of guttural howl and clatter, there's little to gather from the Peppermints besides the vague notion that Chryst is meant to rub meanly against conservatism. ~ Johnny Loftus

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