Royal Trux – “Twin Infinitives (2024 Re-Issue)” (Released 14th June 2024)

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£27.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Silver Vinyl with “Monochrome Edition” Artwork (plus DL Code)

Originally released in 1990, Royal Trux’s Twin Infinitives is being re-issued in all its (yet to be translated) alien glory, by Fire Records. A dismantled overture that sprawls out over two records, an avant-garde masterpiece that was the spark for Drag City Records and generations of new sound seeking musicians.

Hailed in the same immortal breath as Beefheart’s ‘Trout Mask Replica’, the Velvets’ at their frenzied peak and Ornette Coleman at his most avant-garde, the duo of Pussy Galore’s Neil “Michael” Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema recorded ‘Twin Infinitives’ while imbibing all kinds of mind-altering substances to create an inadvertent blueprint for what the duo was building with moog’s, guitars and melodicas to name a few ingredients. The album’s chaotic sound and offbeat construction laid the foundations for a string of Royal Trux albums that spiralled between genres, tunings, and noise. Through the 90s they would re-invent the rock ‘n’ roll ethic, straddle alien surf music, re-align boogie rock, not to mention 80s hair metal, and confound critics by their wildly meandering and courageous rites of passage.

Tracklisting:

A
1. Solid Gold Tooth
2. Ice Cream
3. Jet Pet
4. RTX-USA
5. Kool Down Wheels

B
1. Chances Are The Comets In Our Future
2. Yin Jim Versus The Vomit Creature
3. Osiris

C
1. (Edge Of The) Ape Oven

D
1. Florida Avenue Theme
2. Lick My Boots
3. Glitterbust
4. Funky Son
5. Ratcreeps
6. New York Avenue Bridge