Erase Errata: Other Animals
Troubleman Unlimited tmu081
http://www.eraseerrata.com/
PoMo no-wave grrrrly action: Erase Errata rock and frug like none other on
this, their debut long-playing sweat fest. Not so far away (only twenty years
and a different sex) than Leed's polito-crunchers Gang of Four, EE take the
funky jerk of late 70s NY downtown, lose the junkie skank, and update the
message to suit a more femme-empowered audience. Those burdened with penises
(or strap-ons) need not cower, however, as Erase Errata are deep with the
'free yr mind and yr ass will follow' ethos. But you better free that mind
boyo, or leave it outside. Very, very funky indeed. Other Animals distills
the distinct Erase Errata live personalities into a homogenized whole: Sara/guitar:
soopahkool; Bianca/drums: foxy fine, funky fresh; Ellie/bass: baaadaaass (and
I still need to buy a vowel); Jenny/vox/trumpet: I am Miles (except for the
Black misogynist male part, but her spex are brill) I am James Chance (except
for the heroin-addled White male.....oh hell, you get the idea - what I mean
is pure goddess like genius) (Shit. Run on sentence. And a horrible pun. And
too many parentheses. My bad.)
I am such a fan - a shame I'm an idiot! What I meant in the rant above is
that the deep and the funky and the freaky and the political get machined
into a singular force of recorded expression: the deeeep bass and the brittle
crackle are excised to create a thick thud o' femme funk. What EE lose in
personality they gain in heaviness: Jenny's vocals, in fact the lyrics themselves,
are an equal percussion instrument with the drums, and for that matter, the
wakka-wakka guitar. It is indeed a special treat when the medium meets the
measure of the message and delivers it with the itchy imperative that insists
that you better dance or scratch it off!!! (Jesus, Bill, please stop.)
I totally dig this band. See them live. Buy this disc.
-William Mohline