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  EP1 by New Juche Whores of Leith


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Artist: New Juche Whores of Leith
Title: EP1
Catalogue Number: New Juche NJ001
Review Format: CD
Release Year: 2007



It's all out there somewhere even if you were not actually looking for it. These six racks are not really songs at all but a sort of nightmarish confessional on the underside of life. As you might imagine from the title, the subject is "ladies of the night" and their clients. It is in no way titillating either as the disturbing stories of the shadows unfold to a resonatingly uneasy electronic accompaniment that suggests the torment of lost souls. You can't help but draw the conclusion that the beast isn't out there but rather it is inside us all.

I have no idea how you would rate an EP like this. I need some sort of metaphor or simile here so I would say that it's like a caged animal that you know is going to tear your arm of if it ever gets free. To some of you it might even be like looking in a mirror. Disturbing and entrancing in equal measures, it is just not the kind of thing that you will listen to often. However, you should listen to it at least once.

 


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Review Date: March 15 2009