This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Nobody writes better titles than mclusky.
If the handle of their third CD The Difference Between Me And You Is That I’m Not On Fire isn’t proof enough, songs like Icarus Smicarus, Without MSG I Am Nothing and (my fave) Your Children Are Waiting for You to Die oughta seal the deal. Even better, this Welsh post-punk power trio pen tunes nearly as distinctive and demented as their names. Inspired by the confrontational angularity, noisy abandon and creative absurdity of Pixies, The Fall and Shellac (whose Steve Albini recorded this disc), mclusky merge snarling guitars, grinding basslines, lurching beats and non-sequitur lyrics (“Think of death as a medium-sized yellow robot”) into noisy, nasty, gnarly little masterworks of mania and mayhem. If there were a competition for Most Brilliantly Unhinged Band, mclusky would take the title with ease.
