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Crimes of the Future (Crimes Against Music Blues Recordings 1986-99)
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About Crimes Of The Future
This double-LP collection of largely acoustic blues numbers from the U.K.'s king of low-tech punk was seemingly recorded in the home in super-rough fidelity over a three-year period, and covers the rawest guts of Billy Childish's post-punk blues sound. As ragged and convincing as Robert Johnson at points, Crimes Against Music was taped in varying degrees of fidelity, and upon listening one can assume the songs were cut in some pretty early hours of the morning, with little to no preparation. An astonishing display of spontaneous cracked genius, Crimes Against Music is utterly essential to collectors of the great poet's work. The artist's own blues numbers are interspersed with flooring renditions of Son House, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed, Huddie Ledbetter, and John Lee Hooker standards. With over 21 tracks in total, the collection culminates on side four with John Lee Hooker's "Cold Chills," an outstanding take. The collection closes with Childish's own "Crimes of the Future," a terse Childish rave that can leave your mouth agape in silence for a good half an hour before giving in to the impulse to play the whole four sides again. "Why Don't You Try to Love Me?," "I Love That Girl Ammonia," and "Mister Elizabeth" are exceptional titles as well, and Crimes Against Music displays some of Childish's finest work spanning 1986 to 1999. ~ Skip Jansen, All Music Guide
