BEEFEATER "House Burning Down" LP
[Originally published: Issue #5, circa 1988]
Yet another Dischord LP released after the band has broken up. In this case, it’s BEEFEATER who really shows off their great sound. It's almost an all-star album, with cameos from artists connected with Dischord or Washington D.C. But they help only a little to make BEEFEATER'S final album a screaming success. Their funky, jazzy hardcore sound with drowning, off-sounding choruses is unmistakingly BEEFEATER – very adventurous (weird?) and off-beat (bizarre?). The lyrics are very vague, but somehow almost inspiring once you find out what they mean to you. Another thing I like is that each meaber gets his own tracks where he can show off his solo stuff. (Each is very bizarre, as you could probably guess, but very interesting.) I can't say I'd reccommend it to everyone, as it is off-beat (but not alien - the hardcore hard-edge is still there), but it is still very good to me. (Dischord)