BITCH MAGNET Star Booty LP orig Big Black Slint SEALED
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Bitch Magnet -- Star Booty LP
Original 1988 US release on Roman Candle Records (catalog # RCR001). Still factory sealed.Scarce still-sealed copy of the first pressing of the debut Bitch Magnet record, released by the band on their private Roman Candle label. (Communion would re-release this with a black cover later in 1988.)
Credits: Bass, Vocals - Sooyoung Park (ee, Seam, Team Xiaoping) Drums - Orestes Delatorre Guitar - Jon Fine (Don Caballero) Producer - Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) Notes: Recorded 6-8 Jan. 1988 at Con Audio, Oberlin OH, except B4 recorded live 10-25-87 CBGB, NYC. AMG Review: Part of the extended Squirrel Bait family tree, Bitch Magnet was one of two bands that guitarist David Grubbs joined in the wake of his departure. Unlike the other one, Bastro, Grubbs wasn't a charter member of Bitch Magnet, nor was he the leader; that duty fell to bassist/vocalist Sooyoung Park. Much like Bastro, however, Bitch Magnet played a blistering and intellectual brand of post-hardcore punk, which often drew comparisons to Steve Albini's Big Black; they were also grouped with a more direct Squirrel Bait descendant, Slint, albeit more relentless and somewhat less nuanced. Sooyoung Park founded Bitch Magnet in 1986 while a student at Oberlin College in Ohio, joining with guitarist Jon Fine and drummer Orestes Delatorre (aka Orestes Morfin); despite their Oberlin roots, the trio was actually based in Chapel Hill, NC. Bitch Magnet signed with the indie label Communion and debuted in 1988 with the Star Booty 12" EP, which was produced by Steve Albini himself and earned the band some notice on the underground rock scene.Originally released as a 12" in 1988, this nine-song collection is a progressive hardcore dynamo that quickly landed Bitch Magnet on the underground A-list. Often compared to Slint, this characterization isn't particularly accurate. On Star Booty, the group prefers to remain locked into their guitar riff powerband -- letting up for meandering experiments and dark ruminations isn't much of a consideration. This lust for horsepower is most evident on the churning "Hatpins" and "Circle K." Unlike the more dynamic Slint, Bitch Magnet hardly ever shakes the rampant attitude expressed on these numbers. Collectors will do well to find a vinyl copy of Star Booty.
Tracks:
- A1 Carnation A2 C Word A3 Sea Of Pearls A4 Hatpins B1 Knucklehead B2 Circle K B3 Polio B4 Cantaloupe
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