Merge (2022, Reissue)
This is a colored vinyl reissue of a 1992 Drive Like Jehu 7" that came out on Merge records. The bands only 7" and one of far too few overall releases by such an important band. I got into Drive Like Jehu because of how much I loved Rocket From The Crypt. I started out by picking up the band's first CD at Let It Rock records in Montclair, NJ. One of only a few times I went to that store as I just always felt that Flipside in Pompton Lakes was the better shop in the area.
While I really did like the first Jehu album, it's when I picked up Yank Crime that my mind was completely blown out of the back of my skull. What a record. I am pretty sure that I found the original copy of this 7" at a defunct record store that was called Adult Crash. It wasn't around for a super long time, but it was a good store that had a real indie rock lean to it. Great 7" section.
The songs on this record are excellent. Not quite as long as most of the ones on Yank Crime, but also a little more forward thinking than the ones on the debut. In some ways it's kind of the sweet spot in the middle, but in other ways I'll always like the insane ambition of Yank Crime the best. The colored vinyl looks nice and I'm just always going to pick up new variants of Rocket and Rocket adjacent bands when I see them.
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