Black Flag – Jealous Again 12"Black Flag Jealous Again 12" "When the four song vinyl EP Jealous Again came out in 1980, Black Flag had yet to provide a full length LP or hire Henry Rollins as its vocalist. But even in those pre Rollins days, Black Flag was regarded as one of the most important bands on the Los Angeles punk scene and rightly so. In fact, it's safe to say that no 1980 release captures the raw, explosive anger of L. A. punk better than Jealous Again. Black Flag's

As the ten pieces on Here Begins the Great Destroyer pay witness to

" the band concluded in its liner notes for the 15th anniversary reissue of the Helter Stupid

Picking up where Slint left off

Not to speak of the even more melodic and straighter opener ''In a minute'' or the driving ''Doing the bomb'' and ''No brakes'' that serve as the ideal andidote for your good taste that has been venomed by too many lame-*ss records

Hear Kapser's physical recovery and mental worsening demonstrated from primitive one-liners like ''She's in love with the atom bomb'' and ''I don't wanna live in the city'' to cruel and raunchy Rockenroll bashers like ''I'm gonna leave''

In a genre that is wall-to-wall posturing

Think MODERN PETS

" –todd / Razorcake

After ending a project that didn’t go through (Miradas Al Norte)

This is full-on jamming art rock for people who want to party

Comes with inlay and a (pretty in) pink-coverart

allowing the sound engineer to further manipulate the performance