Jesus for the Jugular

[tinhuviel]

When I was in England and B came a-visiting falkenna's house in Brighton, we were all treated to a preview of the Veils sophomore album that would later be called Nux Vomica. There was one song on the album that really stood out to me because it sounded so...Shriekback...but in a totally different way than B's Shriek. Finn truly can shriek and he does it in the song 'Jesus for the Jugular.' Sadly, Nux Vomica was never released Stateside because those evil bastards I used to work for dropped Rough Trade from the American label roster, so I never got the chance to snag the album. Now, I've been hoarding some fundage on iTunes from a gift card I got around the Christmahanukwanzayule season, and it occurred to me that maybe the song might be available there. It was. So I spent 99 cents of my 7 remaining dollars. Three years almost to the day of my hearing this soul-shattering song, I got to hear it again, and I'm very happy about this in one respect, yet kinda freaked by it in another. The song drips of Cadmus, which I really didn't need at the moment, but everything has a reason and purpose, I guess, so there you go. It also struck me as a song I could use in a Joker fic, just for the chaotic sound of the music and for the one line "Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound." I could probably use it in the very dark J-fic I'm writing now, since Bruce Wayne makes an appearance at the beginning of the story to set the letter up. I'll finish it soon if I can get my insomniac head out of my arse.

Anyway, I strongly suggest that anyone reading this give the song a listen. The lyrics are below.

Jesus for the Jugular by the Veils (written by Finn Andrews)

How do you preach the word if you don't know how to read
When they hold your soul once you sign the deed
Would the sun still rise if there's no-one round
Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound

Let him go from me

This whole world spins with her feet off the ground
She'll make the stars applaud when she sits back down
There's a bulls-blooded fountain in the pit of a moan
That I'll summon an eclipse on my way to the lord

Let him go from me

Jesus for the jugular - one at a time
Ain't nobody ever gonna ever have to die

Comments

[gatheringrivers]

ZOMG... I got as far as "Jesus for the Jugular" and just lost it... :)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Hm..wonder why?

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I actually managed to buy "Nux Vomica" via Amazon... great stuff!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

It's a fantastic album. When I can get more iTunes credits, I'll probably download the rest of it.

[turelie.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh GREAT song!!! I have it on my iPod. :D

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

YOU....have good taste.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

[Pounds head in guilt]
We had this conversation, didn't we, and yet I totally forgot the horrendous fact that you don't have Nux Vomica. OMG.

I still adore JftJ, but the title song Nux Vomica is (possibly) **EVEN BETTER**. (Not so wild, but fantastically intense, with different-again B undertones.)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I know I heard it, 'cos we listened to the entire album, but the only one that stood out to me at that time (of course, I was kind of weirded out for some reason) was JftJ because of it's "Chaos reigned in" sound, which is very Cadmusian. I only have $3 left on iTunes, thanks to my Simply Red splurge from earlier, so I'll wait a bit before downloading, just to be prudent.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten it was the *whole* album, I think we were talking and such. Anyhow, nothing stood out to me like JftJ -- but on proper listening months later, wow!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

There was mucho talking, but I was doing the listening to the music 'cos it seemed pretty important to B and it's always been a pet peeve of mine to ask someone to listen to something then them start talking. And the last thing I wanted to do was make B angry. ::leans in and whispers:: It's kind of a thing with me, in case you haven't noticed.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

lol. Yeah, I was listening, but I can't really hear unfamiliar music when there's stuff going on -- I can't block out the voices etc. Thus my Stops-Me-Dead-in-the-Pub test, which only a handful of songs pass. JftJ passed it, Nux Vomica needed proper, solo listening.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

It's years of critical listening, being able to tune into the music and drown everything else out.