After 2006’s light, poppy Rather Ripped, The Eternal offers a return to discord and polemic: “Anti-Orgasm” is out to “smash the moral hypocrisy”, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo chanting radical feminist slogans between cacophonic guitar shred-outs, while “Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn”, a tribute to Darby Crash of The Germs, eulogises the ’70s LA punk scene with almost religious terminology. Good, but the exciting notion of a genuine career left turn feels increasingly unlikely. LOUIS PATTISON For more album reviews, click here for the UNCUT music reviews archive For more music and film news click here
After 2006’s light, poppy Rather Ripped, The Eternal offers a return to discord and polemic: “Anti-Orgasm” is out to “smash the moral hypocrisy”, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo chanting radical feminist slogans between cacophonic guitar shred-outs, while “Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn”, a tribute to Darby Crash of The Germs, eulogises the ’70s LA punk scene with almost religious terminology.
Good, but the exciting notion of a genuine career left turn feels increasingly unlikely.
LOUIS PATTISON
For more album reviews, click here for the UNCUT music reviews archive
For more music and film news click here
