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Rating: I've already written it before: God bless Sub Pop and Jack Endino. But it's worth repeating because this is one of those "killer" singles that everyone should have at home.
Released by the Seattle label in 1988 and reissued in Europe two years later by the German label "Glitterhouse." I own and worship this latter version on vinyl bought for a few thousand Lire in my small-great musical auditorium that was the Bloom of Mezzago.
Few words: for me, along with Temple Of The Dog and Mad Season, the best musical work to come out of the cold and foggy lands of the American state of Washington. No doubt about it.
Let’s get to the single: Sonic Youth and Mudhoney (no introductions needed for these two bands) exchange songs. And it's an auditory pain!!
It starts with Sonic Youth, or if you prefer, Sonic Honey as ironically noted on the cover of the split, who jump into the fray with a legendary rendition of "Touch Me I'm Sick." Just over two minutes of Noise-Punk with Kim's voice never so drawling and effective; the guitars of the atomic duo Moore-Ranaldo scratch the listener’s hearing from the very first seconds, plunging into whirlwind solos that dirty just right the short track. A blaze that ends in a moment. An immense masterpiece. Full stop.
I flip the vinyl and face the over six-minute nightmare from Mudhoney, or Mud Youth if you prefer, who tackle "Halloween." And here I have little to say. An epic blow; a delirious journey; an auditory trip resting on Mark's fragmented and sandpapery voice, while his companion Steve keeps up, accompanying the path of the song with the acidity of the six-string. A song that grows in intensity, with a Blues-Noise-Psychedelic scream-like progression; with a nitroglycerin finale.
Nothing else to add...Superfuzz Bigmuff...
Ad Maiora.
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