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The Jesus Lizard: Rack review – Chicago punks return with pyrotechnics undimmed
The Nirvana peers’ first album in 26 years is a masterclass in tightly controlled chaos
A split single with Nirvana made feral Chicago-based punk four-piece the Jesus Lizard unlikely UK chart stars in 1993, but they suffered diminishing returns after signing to a major label a couple of years later, and had disappeared with an uncharacteristic whimper by the end of the decade. Thankfully, Rack, their first album in 26 years, has far more in common with the thrillingly out-there run of records released on Touch and Go between 1989 and 1994. In between the furious energy of propulsive opener Hide & Seek, the brutally streamlined Falling Down and the standout Moto(R), there are occasional moments of (relative) respite.
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