LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Limited repress. Their first album.

Hindsight is always 20/20, but Kyuss' promising debut album, 1991's Wretch, was completely ignored by media and public. This is quite understandable, as a paltry production job fails to capture the band's earth-shaking guitar rumble, and only repeated listens allow full appreciation of the band's developing songwriting skills. The album's finest moments find the band in mid-pace, locking onto massive grooves on "I'm Not," "Big Bikes," and the awesome "Son of a Bitch." While less impressive, they still manage to inject memorable hooks and catchy riffs into full-tilt thrashers such as "Love Has Passed Me By," "Isolation," and the especially savage "Hwy 74."

Track listing

1. "(Beginning of What's About to Happen) Hwy 74"
2. "Love Has Passed Me By"
3. "Son of a Bitch"
4. "Black Widow"
5. "Katzenjammer"
6. "Deadly Kiss"
7. "The Law"
8. "Isolation"
9. "I'm Not"
10."Big Bikes"
11."Stage III"