JESUS LIZARD - GOAT (REMASTERED)

Goat is the second full-length studio album by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1991. The album was produced by Steve Albini. That same charisma of their live performances comes across in their recordings. The Jesus Lizards first EP, 1989’s Pure, and first LP, Head (Touch and Go, 1990), were worthy submissions for an up-and-coming alt-rock band. But it was Goat, released in March 1991 through Touch and Go Records, that shifted the band into a higher gear. Goat is somehow composed with both recklessness and precision. The album has a live energy that makes it sound as if only a few takes at recording each track were necessary, as if they weren’t interested in recording perfection. Tonally, the album is full of head-spinning, swinging derangement that still leaves listeners reeling. Goat is a collection of songs that grabs you by the shirt and forces you to move with an intoxicating groove. This is lolling, meditative, yet high-energy punk.