(10”) bacteria sour. sour 6 / 10 tracks / 1994

F (CD): bacteria sour/southern. sour 6 / 12 tracks / 1994

JAP: toy’s factory. tfck 88647 / 14 tracks / 1994

10” is a US pressing, CD is a Euro pressing (there was no US CD). CD adds “Astroglide” and “Doorprize”. One UK 10” acetate made at Abbey Road studios, 6 black vinyl test pressings, signed and numbered by Pushead (at least one of these has an alternate hand colored Pushead sleeve). 50 copies of a CD promo version for the US market have an additional, hand-printed Pushead cover insert (beautiful!). Japanese version has a different (silver) cover, additional band info insert in Japanese and some different tracks. Texas Tunnel and Loafer are versions from the 7”s, Holly Bunny is unreleased.

Very similar to their 7”s; aggressive & rhythmic hardcore. This is excellent stuff again, but sort of repetitive when stretched to a full-length album. Great powerful music nonetheless. The Japanese version has a slightly better track selection, Holly Bunny is a great song. [7]  

Die erste LP; im Sound weitgehend identisch mit den Singles. Der aggressive, wenig eingängige Sound macht es dem Hörer nicht gerade leicht, die Platte am Stück durchzuhören, Helmet kriegen das doch noch etwas besser hin. Ansonsten aber ne tolle Sache. Übrigens finde ich die Titelauswahl der Japan-Version etwas besser, vor allem der letzte Song ist genial.

Tracks: //Japanese version:// texas tunnel / curves that kick / chum / resin / amish / grandpa’s chair / mr. mouse / sedatives / nova / doorprize / loafer / joe the cat / hate / holly bunny