Life Partner’s Have I Demon? is so easy to underestimate, like the first time you heard Archers Of Loaf or tasted pesto. Give it time to sink in and show you its best uses before you utter, “Jesus another garage-rock band that got signed for reasons I can’t rightly identify!” The worth is there, you just need to find the song that hooks you like the bulbous-bellied bass you are (in my case). For me it’s “Jimbo Lives,” and I had to listen to a side-and-a-half of music to get to it; it happens, life is shit, etc. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the singer has had darkness to deal with, either real or imagined. He seems driven, not just by the Demon he’s asking about but by a force even he doesn’t understand. Just a guess. And take a look at the vinyl (or at least the copy I have in front of me), an understated hew somewhere in between light tan/yellow/green, with a purple-pink glow in the middle that becomes green when held up to light. Yeah, it’s tough to explain, obviously, but it’s cool, dude, because you’ll see what I’m talking about when you rip into your copy. You are ordering one, right?
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