#21. Sexy Sadie "Onion Soup Triturated by Big Toxic" (p)1997 Subterfuge
It's time to return to the list of 30 albums that I like the most and I don't give a fuck about someone elses's opinion I consider the best in Spanish indie rock history.
Sexy Sadie were the loud rock band from the Isle of Mallorca (in fact, they ARE the band from Mallorca as long as they returned to musical practice the last year) led by Jaime Garcia Soriano. Grunge, post-grunge, even the elements of post-hardcore were mixed with clearly visible pop sensibility in their music. "Onion Soup" originally produced in 1996 was the second full lenght in their back сatalogue, and despite really strong moments in there it was not absolutely free from the issues. One of such issues was that some songs sounded a bit disjointed like they were written and recorded at different times and in different places. So it was kinda happy decision to team up with electronica producer Big Toxic who helped the band to rethink the songs and reconcile all the shortcomings of the former album. Here all the songs were led to one denominator by the pulsing beats and decorated by the iridescent 'indietronic' modulations produced by Big Toxic. Successfuly, these manipulations didn't cut short the energy and melodic potential of the original songs.
Two tracks from "Onion Soup" were totally discarded, and one new song "Needle Chill" was added to the plate (later this one also made it onto the next Sexy Sadie album "It's Beautiful It's Love" which is commonly considered as the band's best effort). Also, the quasi-smash hit 'Mr. Nobody' was presented in two renditions the last of them sung in castellano.
It seems like the album was considerably underappreciated at the moment it was out but now - or should I better say 'even now'? - it still sounds pretty fresh and interesting.
The best tracks: Sr. Nadie, Rock'n'roll Fear, Needle Chill
The best tracks: Sr. Nadie, Rock'n'roll Fear, Needle Chill
