This one here's for Johnny...
You hear whispers of revolt seemingly everyday anymore. Let's lynch the CEO... Tar & feather the congressman... Decapitate the trader... Eat the rich cuz the working man is pissed. So now the Situationalist vibe of NOU resonates even more. Fuck da machine/the man/the world. Multi-layered manifestos dolled up in jazz, dub, Black Pantha rhetoric set atop a screaming machine. Schtick or the real deal, doesn't matter. Give it a chance. Sip the politics. Chug the rock.
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Allmusic.com: This is genius. This is a revolution, of both thought and sound. The Nation of Ulysses is unmatchable by any band ever; they have created a dialectic, a movement, and a youthful assault of the mind and senses. Like Greek to a Caucasian child, most will never understand even partially the spirit that lurks in these movements for it is about something higher than mere music. There is something that moves beyond the lingoes of "The Aspirin Kid" Ian Svenonious, the complicated scriptures that fill the liner notes, the infamous reputations of insane and overwhelming live performance. A warped hybrid synthesis of trashy garage rock, spastic jazz, and creative freedoms. Languages created and swallowed amidst the words and discordant melodies. Full of fervor, anger, wit, and remorse. Solid spastic percussion, swirling distorted guitars, droning bass, and swollen horns. Rambling exploding vocals spitting words of animosity and love, of rebellion and unity, of awakening and medicine. The Nation of Ulysses must prevail."
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