JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER - Flags Of The Sacred Harp Review

Why do bands do it to themselves? Why do they hamstring themselves with such terrible nomenclature? You spend all of your formative years compensating for crippling shyness by becoming a brilliant guitarist but all it takes is half a joint for your putative band to be called More E Vicar? or Curtis Mayfields of the Nephelim or Anal Leakage or whatever....full text Consisting primarily of re-interpreted gospel and blues standards, it's an album where creepy found sounds and drones take the place of lush guitars and cellos. ...full text Having almost missed the boat entirely with regard to Flags of the Sacred Harp, the new(est) Jackie-O Motherfucker album, it seems near superfluous for this reviewer to comment on the record, as so much has already been said about it. At any rate, Flags of the Sacred Harp is one of those rare records that is both accessible and experimental simultaneously....full text