X-Legged Sally - Killed By Charity

The lineup was changed a bit since Slow-Up, but these hopped-up Belgians seemed intent on displaying -- right off the bat -- that their predilection toward manic musical behavior was still intact. Killed by Charity begins with a literal wake-up call -- a rooster crowing -- and listeners are immediately jerked from their reveries by "Eddies," a minute and a half of pure mayhem executed with sublime precision. With rapid-fire runs from guitarist Pierre Vervloesem and off-kilter rhythmic punctuations blasting out from the rest of the band, the track seems intended to display how X-Legged Sally might just be the tightest band in the world, rather than the outfit with the most hot-wired groove. Read More