Royal Trux - Pound for Pound
(Drag City)
Years ago I remember thinking that Royal Trux should really be a super
cool band, so I would listen to and even buy their albums as they came out and
discover that, no, they weren't as good as you would expect. A couple
weeks later or so another Royal Trux record would come out, and I'd have
the same problem again. It seems like this went on for 8 or 10 months
before I learned my lesson and I never thought about Royal Trux again.
Then the other day I was being dragged from record store to record store
with a friend and feeling quite bored when I saw this new Royal Trux
record sitting on a shelf. I felt those same old feelings. I tried to
dismiss them and remember the lesson I'd learned, but I couldn't. I
snuck up to the cash register, bought the CD, and put it in my bag before
my friend could see. I didn't want to be embarrassed by how easily
suckered I am. But guess what. This is a good album. It's very dirty
and nasty sounding but oddly refreshing. Have the Royal Trux changed or
have I changed? Will somebody who knows please tell me?
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