Day 0617 - Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney "Superfuzz Bigmuff" (1988)

One of the earlier grunge albums, and featuring a decent cross section of the talent/incest involved in the Seattle scene.  The drummer was in Nirvana (for all of one song), the bass-player was in the Melvins, and the other two members were in bands with future Pearl Jam Members.

This EP is named after two guitar effects pedals favoured by the band: the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff.  The record was produced by Jack Endino, who also produced SubPop releases for bands such as Soundgarden, L7 and Nirvana.  Really just adds to the grunge pedigree of it.

The music was indicative of where some of those Seattle bands were heading at the time: Punk rock rawness and energy but with a touch more melody, embracing swirling walls of psychedelic noise guitar and with more than just a touch of Black Sabbath to the whole thing.

Day 0479 - Juju

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Juju" (1981)

Still not really sold on S&tB. I do prefer this one to "The Scream" though as the songs just feel stronger and with a stronger identity.

Much like the previous album, the driving rhythm section lays down some relentless pulsing grooves with the guitar alternately funk-rocking hard, pattering around the edge or droning with Siouxsie's vocal driving everything along. Another one that feels like a touchstone for a lot of indie-rock bands from the 00s.