Pig Destroyer Get a Paint Restoration
Any Pig Destroyer news not involving the word “hiatus” is good news, and this is very good news indeed: the band’s 2004 collection of covers and their contribution to various splits, Painter of Dead Girls, is getting the deluxe reissue treatment. James Plotkin has remastered the comp, which, according to Noisey, will also include “a live track, a few cover songs, an expanded layout, and a bonus track that hardly anyone’s ever heard.” That bonus track, “Delusional Supremacy 2K,” was recorded as part of the Prowler in the Yard sessions, and, lucky us, is now available for streaming below! CRANK IT!!!
Says vocalist J.R. Hayes of the reissue:
“Painter of Dead Girls is a record that really benefits from being on vinyl and the crushing new mastering job by James Plotkin makes it sound better than ever. This record combines the two EPs (split with Benumb and split with Gnob) that we released right before Prowler in the Yard. The material for the Benumb split was written in a couple days and recorded in one quick session the weekend before we recorded Prowler, and once we did that album, we kind of forgot about these two EPs, which is a shame, ’cause I think this might be some of our most vicious stuff. Fast-forward a couple months and somebody smashes my car window and steals my backpack, which contains a bunch of my notebooks. Talk about depressing. I thought the lyrics for the Benumb split were gone, and I never bothered to sit down and try to figure them out again.
“Fast-forward a few years and Robotic Empire is compiling Painter of Dead Girls for its original CD release. Andy asks for the lyrics and I’m like [tugging at shirt collar] ‘Uh… about that…’ I mean, it’s one thing to not print the lyrics on purpose, but who doesn’t even know their own lyrics? It was kind of embarrassing. Fast-forward to a couple years ago, and I discover a stash of forgotten notebooks while I’m moving. Pinned inside one, I find a crumpled sheet that has most of the lyrics for the Benumb split, and this inspires me to actually sit down and figure the rest of them out. Fast-forward to now, and here they are, in print for the first time ever, along with some brand-new artwork from my favorite artist Chris ‘Crude’ Taylor and first-class packaging courtesy of renowned music pimp Andy Low and the Robotic Empire. I can’t wait to hold one of these babies in my grubby hands.
“Long live Grind. And Virginia.”
Honestly thought that last bit said “Long live Grind. And Vagina.” at first. Hm.
ANYWAY, the Painter of Dead Girls reissue comes out May 20 on Robotic Empire. Vinyl pre-orders are here, digital pre-orders are here, and the original version is below if you’ve somehow never heard it.
