When they hit the major labels, Urge Overkill followed through on their promise with the blistering Saturation. It's stadium ock by clever post-punkers who are smart enough to not let their carefully crafted image interfere with the music. Every one of the 12 songs is a killer, from the outlandish menace of "Stalker" to the moving allad "Back on Me," as well as the tongue-in-cheek "Woman 2 Woman" and the radio hit "Sister Havana."
It's a Gorgeous day here in New York, 72 degrees (22c), not a cloud in the sky. Going back out there, thought I'd take a minute to drop a couple of tunes. No rhyme or reason.*artwork by "Sparth":http://www.sparth.com/
As much as I hate my wife's car and driving it on Friday's (long story), I've taken the opportunity to get reaquainted with some old tapes. Today's tape was Urge Overkill - Saturation. This band should have been huge. They kind of got there with the momentum from their song in Pulp Fiction, but they just couldn't break free. It might have had something to do with their next album "Exit the Drag...