Born in Blood [Vinyl]

Pain Teens | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (May 23, 1995)
• Label: Trance Syndicate
• ASIN: B000004B6K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Track Listings

1. Basement

2. Pleasures of the Flesh

3. Shotguns

4. Bad in My Head

5. The Way Love Used to Be

6. Secret Is Sickness

7. Lady of Flame

8. Desu Evol Yaw

9. She Shook Me

10. Christo

11. My Desire

12. Noh Jam

13. Hands in Fire

14. Bannoy

15. Veil of Light

16. Puzzling Diagnoses

17. Wot's de Matter

18. Preppy Killer

19. Unthinkable

20. Path of Destruction

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Pleasure Than Pain, October 8, 2001

By 

Kathy Fennessy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Born in Blood (Audio CD)

Houston's Pain Teens combined elements of goth rock and industrial noise into a melodic melange likely to appeal even to those who might not normally consider themselves fans of those genres. The Teens had a firm grasp on song structure and Bliss Blood's vocals are always pleasing (if somewhat remote)--no matter what dark topic she may be singing about. There are a few exceptions: the psychedelic frenzy of "Pleasures of the Flesh," where she practically spits out the lyrics, and the driving, quasi-metallic "Lady of Flame." If there's a breakout track, it's surely "The Way Love Used to Be," a haunting ode to romance featuring Middle Eastern strings and tape loops (as do many of the songs). "Desu Evol Yaw," is essentially a backward version of the same obscure Kinks number; the music surges forward while the lyrics unravel back. The overall effect is akin to latter-period Swans, in which Jarboe's smooth vocals added a helping of sugar to that band's otherwise strong medicine. And just as Swans covered Brit-rock perennials like Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home," the Teens offer up an elegiac version of David Bowie's "She Shook Me Cold."