WILD BILLY CHILDISH AND THE SPARTAN DREGGS - Dreggradation LP alt-country Kenny Andrews (Obituary) and Moises

Kenny Andrews (Obituary) and Moises Kolesne (Krisiun)

there's more genius to this album than the title alone

The seven tracks here burst with overstuffed Weasels Ripped My Flesh-style action: bonkers horn arrangements

If you are a blues purist

WILD BILLY CHILDISH AND THE SPARTAN DREGGS - Dreggradation LP alt-country Kenny Andrews (Obituary) and MoisesAs part of The Spartan Dreggs, Childish takes the back seat, playing bass and adding intermittent back up vocals, while Neil Palmer, a younger, leaner sounding vocalist cut from the same cloth, takes the mic. Mores the pity, as Childishs voice is often the foundation that raises the sound of whatever band hes playing in above and beyond the 1965 Who mimicry that could easily be levied at them. Still, theres plenty here across these three brief records