This is the Healing

Track Listings
1 Miracle (4:54)
2 War (5:01)
3 Suicide (3:52)
4 Not a Cussword (5:18)
5 Hummingbird (3:17)
6 Loved One (2:26)
7 Shallow (5:11)
8 Chucky (3:31)
9 G-G-G (5:05)
10 This Is the Healing (4:34)


 

Discography
 PTSD (2001)
Finding Angel (2001)
 Dogfish Jones (1997)
Bring It Down (1995)
Cash in Chaos World Tour (1994)
Grace Shaker (1994)
World Tour (1993)
 Grape Prophet (1992)
 This is the Healing (1991)
Wakin' Up The Dead (1989)
Shaded Pain (1987)

 

 

Release Date: (1991)
Label: Retroactive Records
Producer:


December  Hotel 
Overall Rating:  +++

 

(This is the Healing)

 
Album Review
Droning fuzzbox guitar and slick bass dominate this album from Michael Knott's LSU (Lifesavers Underground). He is not afraid of addressing controversial issues and here touches on sickness, suicide, blasphemy and abortion. Pretty heavy huh? The album is a musical curiosity shop featuring an operatic female vocal on "Hummingbird", the lyrics of which are repeated in Italian, French and German. Knott's beautifully deep melancholic voice on other tracks is reminiscent of Depeche Mode or Bauhaus, but occasionally his anger bursts through and bites you with searing truth. The story of drummer Chuck Cummings' (now with Uthanda) all too brief spell with Split level is recounted in "Chucky". The general feel is much more haunting than the 'Poplife' album but equally compulsive.

~ Andy Long

 

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