LAUGHING HYENAS – That Girl: Live Recordings 1986 – 1994 – 2LP – Black & White Swirl Vinyl [FEB 20]

2LP – Limited Edition Black And White Swirl Vinyl.

With their roots firmly planted in Detroits Cass Corridor punk rock and hardcore scene of the early 80s, John Brannon (Negative Approach) and Larissa Strickland (L-Seven), along with the locked in rhythm section of Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball later (after Kevin and Jim left to form Mule) Ron Sakowski (Necros) taking over on bass and Todd Swalla (Necros) handling drum duty, the Laughing Hyenas took it to a completely different plane. Taking pointers from The Birthday Party and Funhouse era Stooges as well as early blues and jazz artists, the Laughing Hyenas were a fierce, sulfuric blastof noise. The sinister and hypnotic bass riffs, and tribal swing laid the perfect framework for Larissas (she only picked up a guitar a couple months before the band was born) slicing, jagged, she might even be murdering that thing guitar playing and John Brannons devilish howl.

If ever a band deserved an LP of live material, its the Laughing Hyenas. As Aaron Dilloway so eloquently put it, The Laughing Hyenas were the scariest band I have ever seen. This set was painstakingly compiled by John Brannon from his personal archive of cassette tapes. The recordings were transferred, mixed, and mastered by Bobby Emmett – known for his work with The Sights, Sturgill Simpson, and, most recently, Jack White.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. That Girl
2. Sister
3. Lullaby And Goodnight
4. Love’s My Only Crime

Side B
1. Let It Burn
2. Everything I Want
3. Dedications To The One I Love
4. Seven Come Eleven
5. Wild Heart

Side C
1. Here We Go Again
2. Public Animal #9
3. Black Cloud
4. Crawl

Side D
1. Just Cant Win
2. Each Dawn I Die
3. I Want You Right Now