While San Diego sci-fi grindcore vets the Locust are currently on hiatus, the band's music will take flight once again via a new compendium of the early part of their career called Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs. Anti- will issue the sprawling, 44-song release on CD and LP July 31.
As you might expect by its title, the collection gathers material released on the defunct Gold Standard Labs label, helmed by former VSS/Angel Hair singer Sonny Kay, running from the group's 1997 self-titled single up to their side of a split seven-inch with Melt Banana in 2002. Other releases preserved here include the outfit's triumphant 1998 self-titled LP, the Locust's material off their 2000 split seven-inch with Arab on Radar, and 2001's Flight of the Wounded Locust seven-inch single.
If you missed out on these the first time around, you can expect plenty of blast beats, the oscillated carnival noise of a Juno 60 synthesizer, multi-member snuff film shrieks, and ridiculously long, non-sequitur song titles (see "The Half Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You in His Office"). Also, while the unit are known for their quirky and carefully tailored superhero-style costumes, this was the street clothes period for the band.
Despite issuing a Peel Sessions twelve-inch in 2010, which was actually recorded in 2001, the Locust haven't delivered any new material since 2007's New Erections.
Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs:
1. How To Become A Virgin
2. Who Wants A Dose Of The Clap?
3. Twenty-Three Lubed-Up Schizophrenics With Delusions Of Grandeur
4. Priest With The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Get Out Of My Bed
5. The Half Eaten Sausage Would Like To See You In His Office
6. Perils Of Believing In Round Squares
7. Flash's Theme
8. Gluing Carpet To Your Genitals Does Not Make You A Cantaloupe
9. Turning Your Merchandise Into A Ripped Wall Of Mini-Abs
10. Bring Your 6.5 Italian Carbine
11. Alas, Here Come The Hypochondriacs To Wait With You In The Lobby
12. Siphoning Projectiles During Selective Amnesia
13. Flight Of The Wounded Locust
14. Get Off The Cross, The Wood Is Needed
15. Wet Nurse Syndrome Hand-Me-Down Display Case
16. This Is Radio Surgery
17. Spitting In The Faces Of Fools As A Source Of Nutrition
18. Sever The Toes
19. Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle
20. Moth-Eaten Deer Head
21. Brand New Set Of Teeth
22. How To Build A Pessimistic Lie Detector
23. Nice Tranquil Thumb In Mouth
24. Dog Without A Collar (Run Over Red Rover)
25. Normal Run Of The Muck (Compensation For Conversation)
26. Stucco Obelisks Labeled As Trees
27. Straight From The Horse's Mouth
28. An Extra Piece Of Dead Meat
29. Twenty-Three Full-Time Cowboys
30. Backbones Of Jack Asses
31. Fixed Companionship, Ghost Town Irrationality
32. Skin Graft At Seventy-Five Miles Per Hour
33. High-Maintenance Libido, Bring The Whole Family
34. Halfway To A Worthless Ideal Arrangement (An Interlude To A Discontinued Sarcastic Harmony… Yea Whatever)
35. Kill Roger Hedgecock
36. Hairspray Suppository
37. Cattle Mutilation
38. Prepare To Qualify
39. Pain Reliever
40. Off By A Long Shot
41. #99
42. Head Hits Concrete
43. Ass Gravity
44. Keep Off The Tracks
As you might expect by its title, the collection gathers material released on the defunct Gold Standard Labs label, helmed by former VSS/Angel Hair singer Sonny Kay, running from the group's 1997 self-titled single up to their side of a split seven-inch with Melt Banana in 2002. Other releases preserved here include the outfit's triumphant 1998 self-titled LP, the Locust's material off their 2000 split seven-inch with Arab on Radar, and 2001's Flight of the Wounded Locust seven-inch single.
If you missed out on these the first time around, you can expect plenty of blast beats, the oscillated carnival noise of a Juno 60 synthesizer, multi-member snuff film shrieks, and ridiculously long, non-sequitur song titles (see "The Half Eaten Sausage Would Like to See You in His Office"). Also, while the unit are known for their quirky and carefully tailored superhero-style costumes, this was the street clothes period for the band.
Despite issuing a Peel Sessions twelve-inch in 2010, which was actually recorded in 2001, the Locust haven't delivered any new material since 2007's New Erections.
Molecular Genetics from the Gold Standard Labs:
1. How To Become A Virgin
2. Who Wants A Dose Of The Clap?
3. Twenty-Three Lubed-Up Schizophrenics With Delusions Of Grandeur
4. Priest With The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Get Out Of My Bed
5. The Half Eaten Sausage Would Like To See You In His Office
6. Perils Of Believing In Round Squares
7. Flash's Theme
8. Gluing Carpet To Your Genitals Does Not Make You A Cantaloupe
9. Turning Your Merchandise Into A Ripped Wall Of Mini-Abs
10. Bring Your 6.5 Italian Carbine
11. Alas, Here Come The Hypochondriacs To Wait With You In The Lobby
12. Siphoning Projectiles During Selective Amnesia
13. Flight Of The Wounded Locust
14. Get Off The Cross, The Wood Is Needed
15. Wet Nurse Syndrome Hand-Me-Down Display Case
16. This Is Radio Surgery
17. Spitting In The Faces Of Fools As A Source Of Nutrition
18. Sever The Toes
19. Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle
20. Moth-Eaten Deer Head
21. Brand New Set Of Teeth
22. How To Build A Pessimistic Lie Detector
23. Nice Tranquil Thumb In Mouth
24. Dog Without A Collar (Run Over Red Rover)
25. Normal Run Of The Muck (Compensation For Conversation)
26. Stucco Obelisks Labeled As Trees
27. Straight From The Horse's Mouth
28. An Extra Piece Of Dead Meat
29. Twenty-Three Full-Time Cowboys
30. Backbones Of Jack Asses
31. Fixed Companionship, Ghost Town Irrationality
32. Skin Graft At Seventy-Five Miles Per Hour
33. High-Maintenance Libido, Bring The Whole Family
34. Halfway To A Worthless Ideal Arrangement (An Interlude To A Discontinued Sarcastic Harmony… Yea Whatever)
35. Kill Roger Hedgecock
36. Hairspray Suppository
37. Cattle Mutilation
38. Prepare To Qualify
39. Pain Reliever
40. Off By A Long Shot
41. #99
42. Head Hits Concrete
43. Ass Gravity
44. Keep Off The Tracks
