█████ █████ █████ █████████ █████████ █████ ██████ ██████ ██████████ ██████████ ██████ █████ ██████ ████████████ ████████████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ████████████ ████████████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ████ ███████████ ███████████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ █████████ █████ ████ █████ ████████████ █████ █████ █████ █████ ████ ███ ████ ████████████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ██████████████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ █████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████ █████ Artist - AJJ Title - Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016 Genre - Indie Year - 2018 Format - Album Time - 34:21 Label - SideOneDummy Records Store - play.google.com 01. Space & Time 3:24 02. Kokopelli Face Tattoo (Alternate) 3:13 03. Do, Re And Me (Alternate) 2:33 04. Blood, Hatred, Money And Rage 2:46 05. Keep On Chooglin 1:47 06. Brainbody MP4 2:00 07. Now That I'm At The Top Pf My Game 2:34 08. Christmas Island 3:12 09. Getting Naked And Playing With Guns (Alternate) 3:07 10. Junkie Church 2:20 11. The Final Cut (Pink Floyd) 5:17 12. I Miss You 2:08 Comprising core members Sean Bonnette (acoustic guitar) and Ben Gallaty (upright bass), AJJ is a folk-punk outfit from Phoenix, Arizona. They formed as Andrew Jackson Jihad in 2004, when frontman Bonnette was still a teenager, and the duo quickly began writing humorously explicit music with macabre themes. Early topics ran the gamut from self-sacrifice to childhood drug addiction, all sung in a frantic manner with acoustic instrumentation. Their self-released debut, "Candy Cigarettes & Cap Guns", appeared in 2005, after which a number of self-released demos and EPs attracted the attention of Plan-It-X Records. The label issued a split release with "Andrew Jackson Jihad" and the similarly styled "Ghost Mice" in 2007. After two diverse full lengths for SideOneDummy (two of their best yet), AJJ now bring us "Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016", a collection which sheds light on the band's expanding sound between People and now. A number of unreleased studio cuts (like opener 'Space and Time', and the incendiary 'Blood, Hatred, Money, and Rage') find their place alongside live favorites like "Now That I'm At the Top Of My Game", songs previously only available on vinyl, and alternate takes of album highlights. With most tracks culled from sessions with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Cloud Nothings), and legendary Mesa, AZ producer jalipaz nelson, "Ugly Spiral" is a surprising and robust album, offering new listeners a compelling overview of one of America's great DIY bands, with plenty of new gems for the hungry fan. It's not always pretty, but there lies the beauty. Just don't say they didn't warn you next time some gross American shit bubbles up to the surface.