It's been a long time since the world was graced with 1000 Hurts, the last album from Steve Albini's main recording outfit Shellac, and from the sounds of this new track "Steady As She Goes," not much has changed in the intervening seven years. All the Shellac trademarks are there - Albini's strangled guitar tone, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer's tightly-coiled rhythm section clunk, the so-repetitive-they-might-be-trying-to-piss-us-off riffery. The one new element is the raspiness in Albini's vocals, which were always harsh but never quite this throaty.
"Steady As She Goes" has been in live rotation for a couple years now, but it'll be released in recorded format on Shellac's new album Excellent Italian Greyhound, set for a June 5th release on Touch & Go.
Shellac: "Steady As She Goes"