A new Reds album, or another trip to the other side? The first track Big Boy sets you up stomping on your throat with a pounding groove, Doors like organ, and the witness to the confession Mr. Shaffer spewing venom about some fellows problem with heroin. The entire drive of Early Nothing is metallic and atmospheric, at the same time it does have a visual lyric sense, film noir as the record company states, with A Few Dollars More, Sidebuster and Endless being good examples. The album and Reds sound over the years is not for everyone, but Captain Beefheart, Iggy & The Stooges and P.I.L. are not an easy swallow either, or have vocalist's that are pretty boy crooners, or sanitized major label crap. Like the Reds, they all have a distinct sound when you hear their music. As how far the Reds can go, to these ears they seem to be exactly where they want to be. Top Tracks: Big Boy, Diggin' It, A Few Dollars More, and especially Endless, which is like Massive Attack and The Doors on a bad acid trip, with an Old Crow chaser.
Rating: 10 n'S (out of 10) Don1969 Music Emissions Listener Review
