I was visiting friends and family in Chicago around Thanksgiving and I went to see the Jesus Lizard.  It was a fine show, the lead singer had a really hurt rib, the set list was solid.  Afterwards, we were all happy and sweaty and some friends and I went for pancakes.  A good night out.  And I am now wishing more and more that I had never gone – there’s a part of my brain is really stuck on something and I just can’t let it go.

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Hi everybody! I’m back from my two week vacation! Did you miss me? What, you didn’t know I was gone? Fuck you in the face!

Well anyway, I missed some of you, mainly the hideously unattractive and socially awkward noise rock aficionados that read my stupid column for jerks. So it gives me great pleasure to report that Pissed Jeans will released its third album on August 18. King Of Jeans, the group’s second full-length for Sub Pop, is the follow-up to 2007′s Hope For Men, a damned modern classic of sleazy gutter-level rock inspired and emboldened by the tradition of David Yow and The Jesus Lizard. Though I have yet to hear any of this new material, I anticipate nothing short of fucking awesomeness from tracks with lascivious titles like “Human Upskirt” and “Request for Masseuse”.

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