What can really be said of an album that starts out with a couple of no-bullshit tracks like "Get It On" (which sounds like Nick Cave fronting Suicide) "No Pussy Blues" and whose front cover displays a primate shielding his testicles?
Grinderman is too good to be a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds side project--although that's exactly what it is, with hired 'Seeds Warren Ellis (also of Dirty Three), Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. Ellis contributes to most of the sickness, playing not only acoustic guitar and a "Fendocaster," but his trademark violin, viola and electric bouzouki.
Songs like "Love Bomb," "Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars)," and "Depth Charge Ethel" hint at the more ravenous Birthday Party of Cave's past than any of his other projects.
Although a few tracks fall flat, like "Go Tell The Women," the rest of Grinderman has a mournful, atmospheric mood, "Electric Alice," and "(I Don't Need You) To See Me Free" being prime examples. While it's unsure whether Grinderman will continue, this debut is venal proof that they just don't give a damn.
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