Thinking of Empire

Following their move to the well-regarded SST Records label, Slovenly released their second album, Thinking of Empire that is described by Allmusic as a “flowering of art-punk influences and California punk mindset that is one of the great lost classics of the 1980’s”.  The album that I picked up, Riposte is considered to be nearly as good and heralded a subtle shift in their style by the addition of acoustical guitars and a more abstract sound that continued on their next two albums. 

 

(November 2010)