Heavy Damage

♫ Les Georges Leningrad - Eli Eli Lamma Sabbacthani

Electronic music buffs might want to pass on this one unless you could use a good head scratch at the moment. These last few days I've been drowning in a sea of post-punk/experimental rock/no-wave mind-erasers. So it makes sense that when the new Les Georges Leningrad LP, Sangue Puro, found its way into my hands via a friend from Dare to Care Records, I couldn't keep it off the turntable. For one, it's a creamy, neon yellow-colored vinyl. I like pretty vinyl. And secondly, all hyperbole aside, it makes me want to weep tears of blood that morph into bat creatures and fly off into the night towards the pale moonlight. Commence head-scratching in 3, 2, 1...

This track is probably an acquired taste in comparison to the more accessible "Skulls in the Closet" (MP3), a discordant synth rocker featuring Poney P's usual vocal antics that well defined their last two LPs. Quite literally, "Eli Eli Lamma Sabbacthani" translates into "God, why have you forsaken me?" and tells the story of cannibals eating a missionary in polyphonic Latin chants over rolling drums. Perfect for a calm, Wednesday afternoon at the office, don't you think?