The Cramps - Smell Of Femaleinitially released as a six track live ep in 1983, the re issue of 'smell of female' contains three bonus songs. opening with a stunning rendition of 'the most exalted potentate of love', this set presents the cramps in all of their sleazy glory. the guitar interplay of poison ivy and kid congo powers, along with lux interior's cheerfully sneering vocals and nick knox's relentlessly pounding drumming, elevates these songs far from the world of novelty

The track is jaunty yet aloof

Incesticide was originally released in December 1992

Demarco's a weird cat cultivating an affinity for occult imagery

expandingåÊfrom sylvan drum circles into increasingly elaborate

" - PitchforkåÊ

and the reverb effects especially were a little excessive

They aren’t a genre study

Their biggest song

garage punk laments ('Bad Girl' originally known as 'Bad Man' by the Oblivians) girl group Tear-Jerkers ('Easier to Cry' originally by the Shangri-Las) and New Orleans soul standards ('Breaka-way' originally by Irma Thomas) and the end result is nothing short of a staple that any record collection is empty without

Pitchfork album reviewer Scott Hreha rates the album 8

particularly in these noisy and fragmented days - by seeking to understand

it continues with the early EPs Boodle Boodle Boodle and Great Sounds Great in their entirety