Description
This compilation reminds fans that Nirvana was a great band before ‘Nevermind’ topped the charts and that the freedom to fail is the only useful definition of artistic freedom. The chaos of the collection suggests a struggle to diffuse the burdens of fame. FollowingNevermindis a creative straitjacket.Incesticidepresents Nirvana in a host of settings, including a whimsical cover of a Devo B side (Turn Around) and a pair of tunes from the Vaselines (Mollys Lips, Son of a Gun), the Scottish band since mutated into Eugenius. It exposes ragged early sessions (Downer, Mexican Seafood), reinvents (New Wave) Polly, a troubling song about rape, and revives Dive, Sliver and Aneurysm. It creates breathing room. Primal Rock Therapy, the five-song 1989 EP that gives this collection its name, sold badly and was largely savaged in what press took notice. The band broke up (and recently re-formed). Five unreleased tracks of comparable cold rage garnish the collection. The years have done nothing to diminish the bands power and fury.
And thats the point: Nirvana was a great band beforeNevermindtopped the charts.Incesticideis a reminder of that and maybe more important proof of Nirvanas ability, on occasion, to fail. The unpolished forces at work and sometimes in conflict within the band are plainly exposed, as is a broader and rougher range of sounds, styles and interests.
With luck, perhapsIncesticidewill remind Nirvanas audience that freedom to fail is the only useful definition of artistic freedom. (via Rolling Stone)
Label: DGC, Sub Pop
Format: 2x Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 2023 / Original Release: Dec 14, 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Grunge
File under: School Of Rock
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