Tracked down a digital copy of Well Down Blue Highway, I'll be giving it some listens tomorrow. I'll have to check out Angst as well, don't think I'd heard of them before this. Cheers!gotdamn wrote: Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:41 amKill Tunes is great, but Well Down Blue Highway is the killer. Shame the production is so thin, but those songs don't need much else anyways. The band gets madly spotty on later albums, especially as Falling James' sense of humor goes berzerk and the music suffers accordingly, but there's usually a few great songs per album.mrcancelled wrote: Fri Jan 02, 2026 10:49 am I remember always seeing the Leaving Trains stuff on SST's website when I was a teenager and thinking it was hilarious they had an album called Fuck.
It took me two decades to finally give them a listen, but better late than never I guess. I'm loving Kill Tunes and what I've heard of The Illusion, Pt. 0 so far.
Next ya gotta try Angst!
I know SST is still a dark horse for their mismanagement and failing to pay artists (and for inventing bad punk-metal) but doing a deep dive of the label in my teen years was foundational. Welcome to the club!
And yeah, it's a shame re: Greg's treatment of bands on SST--but same thing here, I discovered so many great bands through the label when I was younger. I also really need to finally get around to working my way through the rest of Saccharine Trust's discography.