X

Under The Big Black Sun

(Elektra)

by Laura Fissinger

First: this LP will be compared to its predecessors to death because this is an Important Band and this is their first release on a Major Label. The only comparative thing you need to know is that it's in the same ballpark as the other two and progresses from same. You need any more comparison than that, you really don't want this album.

Second: People who love X at their most punky and abrasive will be disappointed. The supposed heroes of American punk are really not punks. They never were anyway.