Pere Ubu - Pennsylvania

Review by Ibelisse Sánchez

Pennsylvania, the latest album by Pere Ubu, is a unique and powerful addition to the band's discography. Known for their experimental and avant-garde approach to rock music, Pere Ubu delivers a set of songs that are both challenging and rewarding.

The album opens with "Monkey Bizness," a frenzied and disorienting track that sets the tone for what's to come. The band's signature mix of angular guitar riffs, off-kilter rhythms, and David Thomas' idiosyncratic vocals are all present and accounted for. "Strychnine Dandelion" is another standout track, with its ominous bassline and haunting melody.

One of the album's most striking features is its use of electronic textures and samples. "Flicking Cigarettes at the Sun" features a glitchy, stuttering beat that sounds like it's being transmitted from a distant planet. "The Road Ahead" incorporates eerie synth pads and a robotic vocal effect, creating a sense of otherworldly unease.

Throughout the album, Pere Ubu proves that they are still pushing boundaries and exploring new sonic territory. "Wasted" is a moody, atmospheric ballad that showcases Thomas' emotive singing, while "Howl" is a propulsive rocker that builds to a cathartic climax.

Artist: Pere Ubu
Album: Pennsylvania

2010

Rating: 3.6

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
Muddy Waters	3:20
Mr Wheeler	4:14
Drive	4:38
(silence)	0:56
Monday Morning	2:56
SAD.TXT	3:21
Wheelhouse / My Name Is...	23:25
Silent Spring	2:51
Urban Lifestyle	2:56
My Name Is...	12:40
Sad. TXT	3:21
Fly's Eye	2:39
Woolie Bullie	2:51
Wheelhouse	5:1
Mr. Wheeler	3:35
Highwaterville	1:29
Fly's Eye (remix)	2:43
Fly's Eye	2:37
Perfume	4:26
Indiangiver	0:51
Untitled	1:00
Sadtxt	3:18
The Duke's Saharan Ambitions	04:58
Fly's Eye (Remix)	2:46
Slow	1:05
The Duke's Saharan Ambitions	4:58
Fly's Eye (Alternative Mix Unhidden)	2:45

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Fly's Eye, Pere Ubu (from the album 'Pennsylvania V.21C')

Ubu Dub #12 David Thomas and Pennsylvania

Urban Lifestyle V.21C, Pere Ubu (from the album 'Pennsylvania'

Pere Ubu -- Woolie Boolie

Monday Morning, V.21C, Pere Ubu (from the album 'Pennsylvania')

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G. & P. Essential Music
Bomba Records
Cooking Vinyl USA
Cooking Vinyl Ltd.
Tim/Kerr Records
Lilith
Cooking Vinyl

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online luisteren
écouter en ligne
lyssna på nätet
escuchar en línea
ouvir online
online anhören
ascolta in linea
kuunnella verkossa

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7"

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Role	Company
Phonographic Copyright (p)	Cooking Vinyl
Copyright (c)	Cooking Vinyl
Recorded At	Suma Recording Studio
Designed At	Idrome
Glass Mastered At	Nimbus
Published By	Ubu Projex

Credits

Role	Credit
Design	John Thompson
Engineer	Paul Hamann
Performer	David Thomas , Jim Jones , Michele Temple, Robert Wheeler, Steve Mehlman, Tom Herman
Producer	David Thomas
Written-By	Pere Ubu
Artwork	John Thompson
Bass	Michele Temple
Guitar	Michele Temple
Organ	Michele Temple
Piano	Michele Temple
Drums	Steve Mehlman
Percussion	Steve Mehlman
Vocals	David Thomas
Synthesizer [Eml	Robert Wheeler
Digital]	Robert Wheeler
Theremin	Robert Wheeler
Songwriter	David Thomas

Notes

Contents: 70 minutes audio
File Under: Popular
℗ & ©1998
Для продаж на территории России
Recorded At Suma
On sleeve:
©1998 Ubu Projex, BMI
On disc:
℗1998 Cooking Vinyl ©1998 Cooking Vinyl
Made in England
Track 15: "Wheelhouse" ends at 5:04, (untitled) starts at 6:00 (nearly inaudible), "Fly's Eye" (remix) starts at 8:02 and "My Name Is..." starts at 12:45. Total length is 23:25
Disc housed in 6-panel Digipak.
Recorded At Suma.
Track 15: Wheelhouse ends at 5:02 and My Name Is... starts at 8:02.
Design by John Thompson/Idrome
Track 15: "Wheelhouse" ends at 5:04, "Fly's Eye" (remix) starts at 8:02 after 2:58 of silence, and "My Name Is..." starts at 10:48. Total length is 23:28.
Digipak cover.
This edition 2010 marketed by Lilith Records Ltd under exclusive licence from Cooking Vinyl
(c) & (p) Cooking Vinyl - All rights reserved

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Matrix / Runout: Essential music 000048
Barcode: 711297153927
Barcode: 7 64483 0155-2 3
Matrix / Runout: 26808A TK-155-2
Barcode: 89387 90125
Barcode (Scanned): 889397901257
Barcode (Printed): 7 11297 15392 7
Barcode (Scanned): 711297153927
Label Code: LC 7180
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 to 4, mirrored): C8732 COOKCD 139 · 1:0 IFPI L123 [Nimbus logo] IFPI L123
Mastering SID Code (Variants 1 to 4, mirrored, written twice): IFPI L123
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 2312
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi 2317
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): ifpi 2331
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): ifpi 2307

About Pere Ubu

Formed 1975, Cleveland Ohio. David Thomas (b.1953), voc; Tom Herman (b.1949), gtr; Peter Laughner (d. 1977), gtr; Mayo Thompson (b. 1944), gtr; Jim Jones (d.2008), gtr; Allen Ravenstine (b.1950), synth; Dave Taylor, synth; Eric Drew Feldman, synth; Tim Wright (d.2013), bass; Tony Maimone (b.1952), bass; Scott Krauss (b.1950), drums; Anton Fier, drums; Chris Cutler (b. 1947), drums; Garo Yellin, cello; Michele Temple (b. 1959), bass; Robert Wheeler (b.1957), EML synthesizers & theremin; Scott Benedict, drums; Steve Mehlman (b.1971), drums; Wayne Kramer, gtr; Andy Diagram (b. 1959), trumpet. Evolving from Cleveland's Teutonic protopunks, , Pere Ubu was formed late in 1975 by Thomas (aka Crocus Behemoth) and guitarist Peter Laughner (who died in 1977). Ubu's classic early singles, "Heart Of Darkness" and "Final Solution," oozed restless angst way before it became the domain of spoiled mallrats. By 1978's aggressive The Modern Dance and the wilder Dub Housing, Pere Ubu's subversions of rock were guided by superior musicianship and fallout from Thomas's Jehovah's Witness upbringing. Personality quirks split the band, and Thomas regrouped for three more self-indulgent albums through 1982, including the abstract stare-down of The Art Of Walking, all with some difficult sonic perversion to recommend them. After several Ubus found themselves onstage in Thomas's Wooden Birds, the band was revived for 1988's The Tenement Year. With newfound focus, Pere Ubu unleashed the ravishing funhouse pop experiment of 1989's Cloudland, which treated mainstream textures like found sounds. The sparkling pop, dented by Thomas's unique warble, continued with the gently peculiar Worlds In Collision. But Ubu tired of the total pop concept and returned to quirkier pursuits for Story Of My Life. Tim Kerr Records picked up the ball with 1995's full-bodied Ray Gun Suitcase--a mix of Ubu's vicious rock, luscious pop and art-damaged identities--and a series of multimedia-enhanced EPs, for which Thomas programmed the codes.

Name Vars

P. Ubu
Pere Ube
Proto Ubu
Ubu
Ubu Projex

Aliases

The U-Men

Members

Andy Diagram
Anton Fier
Mayo Thompson
Chris Cutler
David Thomas
Eric Drew Feldman
Peter Laughner
Garo Yellin
Jim Jones
Tom Herman
Allen Ravenstine
Tony Maimone
Graham Dowdall
Scott Krauss
Tim Wright
Steve Mehlman
Kristof Hahn
Dave Taylor
Keith Moliné
Michele Temple
Robert Wheeler
Scott Benedict
Gary Siperko
Nadan Rojnić
P.O. Jørgens
Darryl Boon

Summary by Ibelisse Sánchez

Pennsylvania is a challenging and rewarding listen that will appeal to fans of Pere Ubu's unique brand of experimental rock. With its mix of abrasive noise, electronic textures, and catchy melodies, it's a testament to the band's continued relevance and creativity.

Comments

camillelindbom

This album opens with a metallic sound that is not misleading, but more true in tone than "metal sound". "Woolie Boolie" is impressive in the way it has random piano parts playing over the main song, maybe a return to Ubu of old? Well, in a way, because the mood is right. Little pieces that are not really songs propel the album along (count three: "Mr. Wheeler", "High Water Ville", "Perfume") and many pieces get by on the tribal modes of old. "Silent Spring" is a journey in repetition that never gets old, "Sad Txt" and "Drive" are songs where Thomas mumbles over some dark atmosphere, and it actually works! This album marks the first time in a loooong time that Pere Ubu have made a solid record, and the record is actually relatively calm for an Ubu record. After "Muddy Waters", you can pretty much turn the album off though, because the rest of it sucks. "Wheelhouse" is the only one of the last four tracks that is decent, and that song is book-ended by either two bonus tracks that are unnamed, or two songs that are meant to be a part of the album, hence another double album? I don't actually know, but the songs really aren't that good anyways. Though trimming would have made a world of difference, the first two thirds of the album represent a rebirth of the band in song quality, and an album worth getting finally! If the band can keep up the quality of Pennsylvania, we are in for some good rock music in the near future. Something to cheer about.

2018zacatecas

Mr. Thomas and Mr . Buzz ( Melvins ) need to collaborate on sth . The thought of the two in the studio alone humours me greatly .

forwadersby

When I think of all the garbage music out there Thank God for Pere Ubu.

zmolek

still absolutely unique and timeless

omarspeed

Heavy shit, it can never be too much.

valeriabarria646

Yep

holzschutz

Since five decades you have spoiled us with always interesting and intelligent music and haven't waned a bit. Dear Mr. Thomas, please carry on for the next five decades.