Bloody hell, this is going to do my credibility no favours. after being bored stupid by Tim Buckley, the next album in my collection is 90's post grungers Bush with their American chart slaying album "Razorblade Suitcase". Now, I'm a 90's kid. too young to catch grunge on it's first wave (I was 9 years old when Nevermind was released) and without an older brother or sister to guide our way, we picked up on later waves of grunge, bands such as Bush, Silverchair, Foo Fighters and Days Of The New. Kerrang magazine was our bible and in the mid 90's Bush featured regularly on it's cover. "Razorblade Suitcase" was their second album, a dark, Steve Albini produced album often understandably compared to "In Utero" and for a moody teenager hearing this kind of thing for the first time it was just what we were looking for.
The album doesn't stand up so well these days but has it's moments, possibly for nostalgia but also because despite it's total lack of originality, it's clumsy teenage angst and it's cynical co-opting of previously successful grunge formulae, it's still got some pretty good songs on here. it's maybe 20 minutes too long, but when it's good, it's pretty good. Here's the hit single from the album "Swallowed"...
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