ARTIST: Todd
TITLE: Purity Pledge
LABEL: Southern Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 221kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39min total
RELEASE DATE: 05 Apr 2005
RIP DATE: 10 Feb 2005
Track List
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01. Sharon After Prom 3:19
02. Little Dipper To Squirrel 1:20
03. Butler's Portion 3:31
04. Mr. Harry 3:36
05. Sedan 5:27
06. Hog Blood River 3:38
07. Purity Pledge 5:17
08. Eagle And Child 3:48
09. Miss Longhornspeedway 2:30
10. Jenny 2:05
11. You Wouldn't Believe Me 1:53
12. Crack Jack Asshole 3:27
Release Notes:
Purity Pledge is Todd's full length debut and their first release for Southern.
It kicks ass. Somehow, the band's incredible onstage verve and energy is
captured and nailed into a forty minute-long assault on the senses. Todd are
fuelled by more than the desire to act deranged and play powerchords - there's a
restless intelligence at work, shown in the black humour forcefully delivered in
those lyrics: "I write about prostitutes, drug-addicts, alcoholics,
wife-beaters, all the typical rock 'n' roll shit... I don't know why I write
about that stuff, just dark lyrics to suit the dark music, I guess. I'm not
saying anything about myself, these are all characters." - Craig Clouse.
A whole range of influences can be picked out in the righteous wall of
distortion. They owe a debt to Black Sabbath, but what decent rock band worth
listening to doesn't? The thrift-store keyboards played by Clouse's wife Fifi
and singer/percussionist Emmylou Sunshine, deliver the same relentless unease
that you get from the first Suicide album. The no-wave, hardcore Jesus Lizard
and Killdozer influences punch through in the menacing and insistent churning of
John Webb and Craig Clouse's guitars. Drummer Francis Axe Handel binds the
outfit tightly together.
This is the US retail due April 5th, 2005.