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Album of the day: Jucifer – Nadir (Reissue)

Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Whether or not the liner notes that accompany Nadir are just another case of self-mythologising from the nomadic Jucifer front-woman Gazelle Amber Valentine, they paint a charming picture of a young band, destitute of anything but the pleasure of playing music among the junkies and vagrants of a run-down part of the city at a time before they had turned into the cult legends they are now. These self-recorded songs reflect the story beautifully; they are stripped to the absolute essentials – a guitar, drums, vocals, cigarettes and a chocolate sauce and whiskey concoction the guys liked to call ‘mud.’

As such the songs have a raw power, comparable to early White Stripes in the sense that these guys clearly felt like outsiders finding solace in one another and the music they created together. Kicking things off in a dynamic (and downright bad-arse) fashion is opening track ‘Prime’ which contains a huge, lumbering riff and a haunting vocal melody – a long lost sludge classic.

‘Hachimantaro’ takes a slightly more relaxed approach but is equally heavy and features a similarly lurching riff. In contrast ‘Glamourpuss’ has an industrial sound, akin (surprisingly) to Nine Inch Nails crossed with some Babes In Toyland (think ‘Bruise Violet’.)

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Jucifer Added To Lineup For Roadburn 2012

Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Notorious for their use of massive amplification and their nomadic lifestyle, Jucifer are pioneers of the sludge / doom metal two-piece. Whereas Gazelle Amber Valentine and Edgar Livengood‘s eclectic tracks range from grunge to folk and doom (especially on their albums), Jucifer‘s adrenaline-soaked live-show is usually a harsh display of ...read more