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Screaming Trees were overlooked in the whole grunge (non)phenemenon- see Naomi Klein's comments on its apolitical pseudo-revolution in 'No Logo'. Starting off as a band closer to Butthole Surfers & Black Sabbath, they did not develop as songwriters until the early 90's. This shift was precipitated by singer Mark Lanegan's foray into solo work- producing the brilliant 'The Winding Sheet' with Mike Johnson. The songs on 'UA' were of a much better quality than before: Lay Your Head Down standing out. The lineup changed with Mike Pickeral being ousted by multi-instrumentalist & brilliant drummer, Barrett Martin (who has also played on 'Rated R', 'Up' and Lanegan's solo albums). So, everything came together on this brilliant album- almost as great as the stratospheric 'Dust' (the Trees final release).
'Shadow of the Season' is an epic opener- moving into guitar overload with ease-imagine a concise Led Zep...'Nearly Lost You' & 'Dollar Bill' were the singles. The former was featured in 'Singles' & has a Cream/Hendrix flavour to its wonderful radiosong construction. The latter is an acoustic based ballad they would perfect with 'Sworn & Broken'; imagine a grunge 'Wonderwall'!...'More or Less' is a midpaced track that has hooks aplenty- Lanegan's lyrics fusing with the Connor-Bros. riffs...'Butterfly' is a precursor of 'Dust's brilliant 'Make My Mind'; this is close to the Trees live sound. The background keyboards & piano would feature heavily on the next album...'For Celebrations Past' is a bonus track on the CD- but is as good quality as the rest of the album. It is a light rocker that gets more epic on the chorus; as with the 'Dust'-b-sides 'Wasted Time' & 'Silver Tongue' you wonder why they became out-takes...'The Secret Kind' is a more conventional thrash- think The Who 'Live at Leeds' meets 'Witness' or 'Something About Today'...'Winter Song' opens with a blues riff that Soundgarden would have wet-dreamt for; it is a slightly more conventional rock song- though as great as anything by Queens of the Stone Age- or off Pearl Jam's 'Vs.'...'Troubled Times' moves even more to the blues- the territory Lanegan's solo work is aligned to- the song eventually mutates into a band number as 'Gospel Plow'. This is classic Screaming Trees: hooks galore & epic rock...'No One Knows' is a resigned ballad where Gary Lee Connor's chiming guitar fuses with Lanegan's downbeat experiences...Finally 'Julie Paradise' ends the first great Screaming Trees album. It reminds me of Masters of Reality live- the song just begins as a kind of jam before the catchy hook establishs itself: "In the water/something's going wrong"- the powerful riffs come in & the band take the album home. This is as great way as a great album can end; will people finally discover the joys of Screaming Trees?
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