Here's some early 90s PNW punk rock for yr brain on a Tuesday. I knew about
Calamity Jane from
"Stars Kill Rock" and
Tim/Kerr's Wipers tribute comp, so when I saw this stashed on a low shelf in a junk shop not far from me, I said, "hell, yeah", even though I couldn't recall at the time what they actually sounded like. As far as I'm concerned, it was a pretty good get. It's grimy, heavy, noisy...hailing from the same sonic places as their contemporaries in Mudhoney, Scrawl, and the Fluid. The more I listen to it, the more I hear them go to the same territory as a band like War on Women, who I just simply adore.
I'm vexed as to why this, their only full-length, ended up on a short-lived UK label, instead of one of the numerous West Coast labels releasing this kind of rock in 1992. Calamity Jane released a 7" with Sympathy for the Record Industry in 1991, and had a couple of appearances on Tim/Kerr. But it seems like a terrible experience with fans while opening for Nirvana in Argentina took the wind out of CJ's sails. It sucks; it seems like, just months later, they might have taken the same sort of leap as L7 or 7 Year Bitch.
TLDR: I thoroughly enjoy this record.
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