Shine

a cheap reissue on mute of the 1988 album 'shine'. with the reconstituted lineup now including alexander hacke and his appropriately post-punk-into-blues guitar work - which had to have attracted inevitable comparisons to his bandmate blixa bargeld's role with nick cave - crime and the city solution came up with another doomy winner with 'shine'. cave connections aside, the group is even more its own outfit than before, a touch less classically smooth and arranged, more rough around the edges and jagged, especially with bonney's delivery.