Royal Trux – Royal Trux LP

Royal Trux – Royal Trux

Deluxe freshly remastered edition of Royal Trux’s seminal debut album, originally released on their own Royal Records label in 1988.

Fierce and uncompromising, this long overdue re-issue comes with rejuvenated artwork and brand-new liner notes. Formed in 1987 by Neil Hagerty (vocals, guitar), formerly of Pussy Galore, and his then girlfriend Jennifer Herrema (vocals), Royal Trux successfully dismantled alternative rock with a discordant guitar and time signatures akin to Miles Davis on an unholy mission circa ‘Bitches Brew’ or Manson strumming in his prison cell.

Often described as a garage rock act, Royal Trux were far more complex, an unravelling surge of ideas, influences, mangled theories and out-there meandering, setting the blueprint for lo-fi indie amid their intricate reflections on their self-destructive lifestyle. “Their music was wild and their lives even wilder.” The Guardian / “A chop-shop approach to pop history.” Pitchfork.

Tracklist:
A1 Bad Blood 
A2 Incineration 
A3 Strawberry Soda 
A4 Hashish 
A5 Sanction Smith 
A6 Zero Dok 
A7 Touch 
A8 Bits And Spurs

B1 Esso Dame 
B2 Sice I Bones 
B3 Gold Dust 
B4 Jesse James 
B5 Andersonville 
B6 The Set Up 
B7 Walking Machine 
B8 Hawk'n Around

Label: Fire Records
Released: 1988/2024