76: Nation of Ulysses’ Plays Pretty For Baby (1992)
Over the top rock and roll rebellion featuring great fucking hair and tongues in cheeks. This album still sets me on fire with its frantic spirit and assaulting sound. Somewhere in between spastic poetry performances, gospel choirs and good old fashioned D.C. punk arrived The Nation of Ulysses, and their stamp on the sound of their time has yet to be matched by any band, with half as much style.
Nation of Ulysses “Perpetual Motion Machine”
The infuriating thing about Svenonius is that I can never tell where his tongue is. NOU is the shit, tho’