Many bands' careers can be linked to the help of a name check by certain rock stars. Many bands have had great success due to the fact that Kurt Cobain mentioned them in his journal or were lucky enough to make his top 50 list. In the case of Pylon, they had R.E.M. and The B-52's helping out their hometown (Athens, GA) chums by throwing their name around a bit in interviews and such.
Two years ago, DFA reissued the group's 1980 debut LP Gyrate (TMT Review), bringing the group back into the limelight for a while. Enough people must have bought Gyrate that the label decided it would be a worthy venture to release Pylon's second LP, Chomp, originally released in 1983.
Chomp continues the story of Pylon, following the same herky-jerky rhythms and art-punk guitar numbers that drew people to Gyrate. Of course, DFA threw in a few extra goodies, including "the 7” version of ‘Crazy,’ a ‘male version’ of ‘Yo-Yo,’ on which Briscoe merely guest stars, Pylon’s own frenzied, frenetic remix of ‘Gyrate,’ and the rarely heard single ‘Four Minutes,’ an ineffably beautiful pastiche of homemade and seemingly found noise." Just to make sure you know this is a new version, DFA has decided to call the whole thing Chomp More. (The label did the same thing when they reissued their first LP, calling it Gyrate Plus.)
Chomp More is available now, so head over to that DFA webstore and get yourself a copy.
Chomp tracklisting:
1. K
2. Yo-Yo
3. Beep
4. Italian Movie Theme
5. Crazy
6. M-Train
7. Buzz
8. No Clocks
9. Reptiles
10. Spider
11. Gyrate
12. Altitude
13. Crazy (Single version)
14. Yo-Yo (Male version)
15. Gyrate (Pylon mix)
16. Four Minutes
