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Personnel: Don Howland (vocals, guitar); Jon Wahl (harmonica, saxophone, organ); Bim Thomas (drums).
Recording information: Grandmaster And Studio 12, Hollywood, CA (1998).
Photographer: Jay Brown .
A staggering 21 tracks long, the Bassholes' 1998 double-album, WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS RED, doesn't expand on the group's punked-out blues sound so much as hammer it down into a definitive statement of purpose. There are detours throughout, as on the brooding, Hammond-soaked "Swimming Blues" and the totally unexpected Joy Division cover, "Interzone," but drummer Bim Thomas and singer/guitarist Don Howland bash and wail through each twist and turn with equal aplomb. A document of a good band at its peak, WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS RED is timeless and tough, harrowing and compelling, challenging and all the better for it.
When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again may just be the definitive statement and expression of the Bassholes' fuzzy-boundaried dilemma of blues, punk, noise, and avant-garde rhythm rock. Landing as it does on the hells of the obtuse, experimental subterranean howl of an album Longway Blues, it'd be hard to think that the Bassholes didn't use that album as an exercise in honing their core out-rock, rock-out sound. On its own, this is a double LP of their trademark wail. Singer/guitarist Don Howland barely keeps up with the slinky, demanding freestyle blues improv drumming of Bim Thomas, but they lock into one another and can clearly read their own idiosyncratic roadmap. The LP is best either taken in small doses or consumed complemented by a six of Budweiser. It's a refreshingly bleak affair. Howland does have a knack for getting at the emotional core of the blues while offering just enough of the style's formal trappings to make you believe that he may just be rocking out. That's why the cover of Joy Division's "Interzone" is utterly perfect here. It's bleak emotional landscape and deceptively simple tune is the perfect canvas for Howland's red-blooded, deep cover blues subterfuge. ~ Chris Handyside When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again Music Bassholes When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again Songs | 1. | Microscope Feeling |
| 2. | I Saw Beauty |
| 3. | Platform Blues |
| 4. | Born To Die |
| 5. | Cockroach Blues |
| 6. | Florida Bus |
| 7. | Bowling Ball |
| 8. | She Came On The Bus |
| 9. | Interzone  |
| 10. | Evil Eagle |
| 11. | Hell Blues |
| 12. | 7 Days |
| 13. | For The River |
| 14. | Swimming Blues |
| 15. | Virginia Valley Blues |
| 16. | Jack And The King's New Ground |
| 17. | Judge Harsh Blues |
| 18. | Moody |
| 19. | Girls Girls Girls |
| 20. | Nakema |
| 21. | (I'm Gonna) Write Me A Letter |
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