Alice Donut - The Untidy Suicides of Your Degenerate Children (1992)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Alice Donut - Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life (1989)

Possibly Alice Donut's finest hour. As nihilistic as it is fun, Untidy Suicides finds a bizarrely effective middle ground behind snotty punk, Sonic Youth-esque guitar bliss, and butt rock.

Track listing:
1. Magdalene
2. Untidy Suicides
3. Loteria*
4. The Tingler
5. Everybody Is On Sale
6. Hang the Dog
7. The Son of a Disgruntled X-Postal Worker
8. Annie's Empty
9. Loteria
10. Medication
11. Things Have Never Looked Better
12. Wire Mother
13. She Loves You She Wants You
14. Loteria**
15. In My Head

The boredom never seems to stop
It fills her head with ugly thoughts
Annie makes two small incisions
She's sure she's made the right decision

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Alice Donut - Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life (1989)

It's a beautiful day, I'm stuck inside half-assedly working on a stupid essay for a stupid American history course, and someone in my Facebook feed just posted "My Life Is a Mediocre Piece of Shit", which really resonates with me right now. Jaded, noisy, but strangely melodic punk rock for those times when every little thing in your life is a drag.

1/6/24 update: Listening to this LP and realized that the chorus of "What's in My Head?" -- the signature song of Ty Segall's band Fuzz -- is practically identical to the bridge on "Dorothy". It's not the most uncommon chord progression, and I know these things often happen unintentionally, but goddamn.

Track listing:
1. Lydia's Black Lung
2. Testosterone Gone Wild
3. Sinead O'Connor on TV
4. Dorothy
5. Sky of Bones
6. Egg
7. Consumer Decency
8. My Life Is a Mediocre Piece of Shit
9. Incinerator Heart
10. Buckets, Forks, Pock
11. Demonologist
12. Lisa's Father (Waka Baby)

Pregnant with a fascist baby