You've Got Foetus On Your Breath – Deaf

Yes, it’s Friday, it’s 20.00 London. Week three of many and Jim Bob has progressed to a full album of noise interestingly called Deaf…So yeah, this is a re-up of the original post to try and keep this Friday timeline nonsense in check.

Recording under the moniker You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, Jim Thirwell, aka Foetus, released his first album, Deaf, in 1981. Thirwell's eccentric trademark sound, a confrontational sonic tapestry based on harshly recorded instruments, noises, samples, and voices, is firmly established on Deaf. The songs are twisted heaps of sound that sometimes resemble Frank Zappa outtakes being pummelled to death by Einstürzende Neubauten and Thirwell's scatological, antisocial lyrics only add to the bizarreness. If you've got the stomach for it, Deaf can be rewarding, but it's also a great way to clear the room at a party.

Ripped from the 1997 Limited Edition CD re-release to FLAC

1.       New York Or Bust

2.       Is That A Line?

3.       Why Can't It Happen To Me?

4.       I Am Surrounded By Incompetence

5.       What Have You Been Doing?

6.       Today I Started Slogging Again

7.       Harold Macmillan

8.       Thank Heavens For Push Button Phones

9.       Flashback

10.   Negative Energy