Danielle Dax
Jesus Egg That Wept

Biter of Thorpe    BOT 131-02  (1984)

Rock/Pop
CD, 6   Tracks, 23:26  Length
01 Evil Honky Stomp Danielle Dax 04:28
02 Pariah Danielle Dax 03:46
03 Fortune Cheats Danielle Dax 03:56
04 HammerHeads Danielle Dax 03:15
05 Ostrich Danielle Dax 04:04
06 The Spoil Factor Danielle Dax 03:57
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Vocals Danielle Dax
Producer Danielle Dax
Cover by Holly Warburton
Personal Details
Index # 857
Owner Dave
Tags Experimental, Industrial, Leftfield, Lo-Fi, New Wave, Pop Rock
User Defined
Purchased New
Imported from England
Notes
Dax's second LP, Jesus Egg That Wept, takes its name from a headline in a supermarket tabloid. Here you'll find enough peculiar characters -- from psychotic star-crossed lovers to slave-holding bible thumpers -- to fill up an issue of The Weekly World News. Perhaps her best song to date, "Evil Honky Stomp" combines a looped sample from an old honky tonk number ("Jukebox Boogie") and some bad-to-the-bone guitar buzz for a tale of bigotry and religious hypocrisy. As always, Dax's most potent weapons are her vocals, which sound at points like Kate Bush's sardonic sister, while at other instances they approach near-Elvis impersonation. Karl Blake, Dax's former Lemon Kittens mate, lends a hand on one track. As on Pop-Eyes, the arrangements are spare but effective, with most songs recorded on a Teac 4-track.