Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse '1986

Tracks list

Everything seems to start almost normally on Pussyhorse with "Creep in the
Cellar," even with the rather gone violin line — Haynes is intelligible,
the piano part is quiet serene. Then again, Haynes is talking about the creep in
question doing things like taking off his skin, so clearly all is still at least
somewhat tweaked in Surferland. The rest of the album makes that pretty clear;
if not quite as strong as Psychic...Powerless, Pussyhorse is still a strong
slice of homegrown art/psychedelia gone to a murky hell. Gentler songs like "Sea
Ferring" still have a distinct queasiness to them, its sea chanty feeling
undercut by the nagging bassline and Haynes' yelps. When the group goes totally
nuts, as on a drum-blasting, squiggly voiced cover of the Guess Who's "American
Woman" that makes the later Lenny Kravitz version seem like the redundant slice
of nostalgia it is, no prisoners are taken. "Perry" is another definite nutter,
with Haynes or somebody talking about this and that to his "baby" over a slow,
organ-heavy groove. This said, the trick about Pussyhorse, and arguably why it's
slightly lesser than Psychic...Powerless, is its overall subtlety in comparison.
Things are more dark and gloomy throughout, downright gothic, even, with the
organ start and whispery lyrics of "Strangers Die Everyday" being a good
example. Leary keeps his playing low and strange throughout, fitting in with new
bassist Pinkus rather well as a result. Get past the slight surprise of not
always hearing the Surfers going near-all out most of the time, though, and
Pussyhorse is still mighty fine, whether talking about the drony guitar
weirdness opening "Whirling Hall of Knives" or the echo-treated reprise of "In
the Cellar." CD versions of Pussyhorse conveniently include the Cream Corn From
the Socket of Davis EP. ~ Ned Raggett

Tracklist:
1.01 - Butthole Surfers - Creep In The Cellar (2:05)
1.02 - Butthole Surfers - Sea Ferring (4:00)
1.03 - Butthole Surfers - American Woman (5:32)
1.04 - Butthole Surfers - Waiting For Jimmy To Kick (2:21)
1.05 - Butthole Surfers - Strangers Die Everyday (3:09)
1.06 - Butthole Surfers - Perry (3:32)
1.07 - Butthole Surfers - Whirling Hall Of Knives (4:44)
1.08 - Butthole Surfers - Mark Says Alright (4:08)
1.09 - Butthole Surfers - In The Cellar (3:18)
1.10 - Butthole Surfers - Moving To Florida (4:32)
1.11 - Butthole Surfers - Comb (4:58)
1.12 - Butthole Surfers - To Parter (4:20)
1.13 - Butthole Surfers - Tornadoes (2:37)

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