BUM GRAVY – FAT
DIGESTER/SUPER M (FIST-FUN RECORDS)
This was a Colchester
band that totally passed me by but now I am told how they were semi legendary
and essential with regards to the Colchester scene. Still I am none the wiser but my commitment to the cause does see
me today paying well over the odds for an old dog eared copy of this seven inch
on eBay where it is being to sent to me from Dubuque in the USA (wherever the
fuck that is).
Bum Gravy conjures a
disgusting image. This is not
conventional caviar; it’s an unorthodox process of play. Music as exploration with bristles
attached. During their existence it
seems so many fetishised the band’s name seemingly sating their coprophilia.
“Fat Digester” feels
like the sound of stepping into an electrical storm, a cacophony of sonic and
an ongoing assault of the senses. For
just over six minutes it rains down like hell with a gyrating pulse and no
conventional structure. It is an
industrial march seemingly designed to intimidate the enemy and force them to
yield.
Flipping forward
“Super M” proves equally disarming.
With a more distinctive and coherent baseline it rolls over proceedings
like a bouncing tank as more ghastly “vocals” hang over in truly ghoulish
fashion. Imagine Hawkwind steered by
Alec Empire pumped through a foghorn with a few splashes of The Jesus And Mary
Chain and Ministry thrown in for good measure.
Being lo-fi makes it distorted but being distorted makes it exciting.
When the dust settles
you notice the words “recorded 2.2.92 at Alresford County Aurist Centre” which
is the most amusing and absurd concept for anybody with an ounce of local
knowledge. Such things just do not come
out of Alresford.
Mock it at your
risk. Where did things go wrong with
music? A very important moment in the
Colchester music scene.
Thesaurus moment:
runs.
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