If E6 wants to write a tune called 'French Bacon' we're not going to give them a hard time about it. We've been listening to the Legendary Pink Dots far too long to let bizarre song titles and insane private jokes detract us from the listening experience. Right off the bat they dive into 'Psychic Vision' with threats, surreal metaphors, and clever word plays that are half-brilliant, half-eyerollingly punny. Dick Valentine never lets an opportunity to sound like Satan go by, and burning above the new wave synth and modern rock thrum of the distorted guitars, it can be a powerful effect. There is something both sinister and hilarious about it. All goths do.ĭescribing E6's music isn't easy, but we'll give it a shot anyway.
Nonetheless, when Metropolis Records sends us a record we perk up. This is the first time we've come into contact with the band, having only been aware of them vaguely from their song 'Gay Bar' and the fact that Jack White did some vocal work with them under a pseudonym. If Barry White did a record with Al Jourgensen it might sound something like Heartbeats and Brainwaves, the eighth studio album from Electric Six.
