05 September 2016

Robert “carpaldiem” Harmon Reviews the Pain Teens - Born in Blood



Born in Blood by the Pain Teens is an album that can get you some strange looks if purchasing it at a used CD store.  Although most musical sites will have it classified as a mix of Goth and Industrial--which is apt-- that knowledge alone may not be enough to help you make an informed choice.

Even if you like it, and get it, playing it for the wrong person may get you a reaction similar to that gotten by Travis Bickle when he took Cybil Sheperd to the movies in “Taxi Driver.” 

The singing of Bliss Blood on “The Pleasures of the Flesh” makes the prospect of having your back broken as you wait for her attack seem like a profitable way to spend an afternoon. Some of this is likely to be considered non-music. Parts remind me of the Stooges’ “Funhouse,” but with a Butthole Surfers overbite.

Check out Desu Evol Yaw which is the Kinks song covered earlier on the album played backward, and you’ll think Phil Manzanera should be appearing in the credits. She Shook Me Has Bliss Blood’s vocal standing out against a haunting instrumental track. With this album, you have to let the music sink into you.

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Robert “carpaldiem” Harmon - Robert lives in the bustling metrozoid of Southwest Missouri, and usually folds when he has a full house. You should visit his website at isleofkong.com.

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