26 September 2015

Jeffrey Lee Pierce "Wildweed" (1985)

2005 remaster
Wildweed
release date: 1985
format: cd (2005 remaster)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,92]
producer: Craig Leon
label: Sympathy For The Record Industry - nationality: USA

Solo studio album debut by The Gun Club frontman and primary composer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce originally released on Statik Records. Here, Pierce on lead guitar, vocals and piano has teamed up with Andy Anderson on drums and John Mackenzie on bass. The style is less noisy, less energetic, and instead a more 'americana' 'blues rock' sound. It's not bad at all, I just find that it lacks direction.