{"id":3892,"date":"2011-09-12T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T00:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:04:11","slug":"album-review-primus-green-naugahyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-primus-green-naugahyde\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIMUS – Green Naugahyde (2011) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRIMUS
Green Naugahyde<\/strong><\/span>
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\nATO (2011)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Green Naugahyde<\/em> marks the studio album return of Primus, this time featuring Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, and Jay Lane (one of the band\u2019s early drummers). The album follows 2003\u2019s DVD \/ CD combo Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People<\/em> and an indie release of rehearsals of classic Primus songs featuring Lane\u2019s drumming from 2010. <\/p>\n

After an obligatory intro (God! I am SO sick of intros!!!!), Primus subtlety crawls into it led by Claypool\u2019s bass and semi-narrative vocals on \u2018Hennepin Crawler\u2019. It\u2019s a rather uneventful way to open the album really, but the band make up for it with \u2018Last Salmon Man\u2019, a higher energy piece that sounds like it could easily have been on Sailing The Seas Of Cheese<\/em> (1991). It\u2019s got a rhythmic march to it and a classic sounding dissonant solo from LaLonde that makes you want to stomp around the pit with an angry face. \u2018Eternal Consumption Engine\u2019 continues to help the album gain momentum with its creepy carnival oompa stylings and pointed, yet heavily sarcastic lyrical nature, making no bones about mentioning Walmart shoppers directly. \u2018Eyes of the Squirrel\u2019 and \u2018Extinction Burst\u2019 take a darker, more experimental (if that\u2019s possible) approach that is reminiscent of the Pork Soda<\/em> (1993) material a bit. While it would seem that the band focused a lot of attention to detail on this record, it does seem to lack that high energy level that catapulted the band to success early on. \u2018Moron TV\u2019 is perhaps the best example of this. It\u2019s classic Primus and you want to love it but it never reaches the crescendo you expect, the point of no return where you look at your friend and go, \u201cHoly shit! Can you believe what they just did?!\u201d<\/p>\n

The highlights here come in the form of \u2018Jilly\u2019s On Smack\u2019 and \u2018HOINFODAMAN\u2019. \u2018Jilly\u2019s On Smack\u2019 is a right proper trip down the rabbit hole, led by the twisted dissonance of LaLonde\u2019s guitar. It\u2019s one of the few songs not led by the bass and deals pointedly with the disconnection drug addiction causes (although there are only a few lines in the song). It\u2019s downright creepy and fits the title damn near perfectly. \u2018HOINFODAMAN\u2019 has a classic rock style guitar groove that is backed by a head-nodding, almost reggae style bounce from the bass and drums. It\u2019s extremely dark and Claypool\u2019s vocals are every bit as pissed off sounding as they were on Suck On This<\/em> (1989) and Frizzle Fry<\/em>\u2019s (1990) more aggressive moments. <\/p>\n

Really aside from \u2018Hennepin Crawler\u2019 and the acid trip ballad \u2018Green Ranger\u2019, all the songs here are extremely well done. It sounds like a lot of thought was put into Primus\u2019 studio comeback and the attention shows, just like it did on the band\u2019s most successful works. In short, Green Naugahyde<\/em> has the songwriting prowess of Frizzle Fry<\/em> and Sailing The Seas Of Cheese<\/em> with the energy level of Brown<\/em> (1997). <\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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