Pygmy Lush

I can't deny this one is LONG overdue. As you may know, Pygmy Lush are a folk/experimental band based out of Sterling, Virginia that formed in 2004 in the wake of pg.99's demise. 4 out of 5 of the guys in this band appeared on Document #8, to put it in perspective. Thus, Pygmy Lush are the true heir to pg.99's throne as the greatest band of all time, though they took a radically different approach to their sound. Like I said earlier, Pygmy Lush experimented heavily with folk influence, often creating long, drawn-out and melancholic acoustic pieces with breathy vocals and somber tones. On occasion though, they still would break into their old frenzies, particularly on their debut album Bitter River. But for the most part, they're more "my blood barely flooooooows" than "FUCK YOU JESUS".  And just as a disclaimer, I don't mean to continually emphasis the relation to a certain other band, Pygmy Lush are certainly their own project and have established a ton of amazing material and a dedicated following on their own, separate of what its members had been active in prior.

If you're familiar with the pg.99 family then you're definitely already familiar with this band, and if you're a fan of dark, acoustic-based music you will definitely dig this band. They craft some incredibly music as haunting as it is beautiful that you'll have a tough time turning off. Enjoy.

Bitter River (2007)

1. Nonsensical Tremor

2. Hurt Everything

3. Universal Order At 0mph

4. Slave To A Teenager

5. Big Black River

6. Send Bombs

7. Headless

8. Foul Mouth Mother

9. Red Room Blues

10. Malady Savvy

11. Hurt Everything

12. The Baptism Of Isa Lee

13. Send Bombs

14 .The Boys Of Sweet Creek Reservoir

15. Untitled

16. Throw The Jockey

Mount Hope (2008)

1. Asphalt

2. No Feeling

3. Dead Don't Pass

4. God Condition

5. Red Room Blues

6. Mount Hope

7. Frozen Man

8. Hard To Swallow

9. Concrete Mountain

10. Dreams Are Class

11. Butch's Dream

12. Tumor

Untitled (2008)

1. Asphalt

2. Dead Don't Pass

3. Throw The Jockey

4. Headless

5. No Feeling

6. Butch's Dream

7. Hard To Swallow

8. Untitled

9. The Lonely Waltz Of Leonard Cohen (pg.99 cover)
10. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (The Ramones cover)

Pygmy Lush/Turboslut (2009)

1. Pygmy Lush - White Oblivion

2. Pygmy Lush - Proud King Of The Doomed

3. Pygmy Lush - Affluence At The Altar

4. Pygmy Lush - Rut Gluttony

5. Pygmy Lush - It's A Good Day To Hide

6. Pygmy Lush - Black Liver Blues

7. Pygmy Lush - November Song

8. Turboslut - Speed

9. Turboslut - Exorcism

10. Turboslut - Roadkill

11. Turboslut - Eulogy

12. Turboslut - Invoking

Cold World / Guilt (2011)

1. Cold World

2. Guilt

Old Friends (2011)

1. Yellow Hall

2. Chance

3. Good Dirt

4. In A Well

5. Night At The Johnstown Flood

6. I'll Wait With You

7. Penny On My Deathbed

8. A Weird Glow

9. Admit

10. Old Friends

11. January Song

12. Pals

In Utero, In Tribute, In Entirety (2014)

1. Serve The Servants (Nirvana cover)

Whatever Nevermind (2015)

8. On a Plain (Nirvana cover)

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pg.99

"It's the end of a fucked up year!", and what better way to end it than alone with one of the greatest bands ever to assault sound waves?

pg.99 (also written as pageninetynine, or Pg.99, Pg. 99, pg. 99, whateva suits ya fancy) are a seminal screamo/hardcore/punk band from Sterling, Virginia. The band's initial tenure lasted from 1997 to 2003. Since then, they've done two reunion shows, both in 2011. Members also played in City of Caterpillar, Pgymy Lush, and Malady, among others.

They were known for their large line-up, commonly playing as an eight-piece, but prone to adding to that number. They're also renowned for their intense ferocity of ear-splitting, chaotic, cathartic noise present in both their live shows and on their records. I don't know what to say about them, you know and love them, so here you go. You're welcome:

Essentials: Document #5, Document #7, Document # 8, Document #14

Document #1 (1999)

1. A Classic Case Of...

2. My Application To Heaven

3. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick

4. A Gun

Note: Self-released demo tape



Document #2 (1999)

 1. Enemy Soil - Obsequious

2. Enemy Soil - Fashionable Activisim

3. pg.99 - Machine Revisited

4. pg.99 - Wood And Ink

Note: Split 7" with Enemy Soil put out by Sacapuntas Records

   Document #3 (1999)

1. pg.99 - A Noise Piece/Mary Get Your Knife

2. pg.99 - The Longer Now

3. Reactor No. 7 - Secrets Of The Woods

4. Reactor No. 7 - Openings

Note: Split 7" with Reactor No. 7 put out by Robodog Records



Document #4 (1999)

1. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick

2. Diagram For A Suicide

Note: Tour 6" put out by Robodog Records

Document #5 (2000)

1. Ruiner Of Life

2. Comedy Of Christ

3. Skin Pack

4. My Application To Heaven

5. Hotel Nevada 1982

6. Humans With Forked Tongues

7. Murder, Conductor

8. (................)

9. Sounds Of Gravesites (Upturned)

10. By The Fireplace In White

Note: Full-length put out by Reptilian Records

Document #6 (2000)

1. Process Is Dead - Goin' South

2. Process Is Dead - Poison The Cake

3. pg.99 - The Sobering Moment Of One Single Violin

4. pg.99 - You And Your Lumbering Body Of Death

5. pg.99 - Your Life, A Real Page Turner

Note: Split 7" with Process Is Dead put out by Witching Hour Records

Document #7 (2001)

1. Living In The Skeleton Of A Happy Memory

2. Del Emundo Lleno De Mocio

3. The Mangled Hand

4. Love Goes Tisk Tisk Tisk

5. A Sonnet To Both Ugly And Murderous

Note: LP put out by Magic Bullet Records/Happy Couples Never Last

Document #8 (2001)

1. In Love With An Apparition

2. Your Face Is A Rape Scene

3. Life In A Box

4. We Left As Skeletons

5. Punk Rock In The Wrong Hands

6. Ballad Of Circling Vultures

7. The Hollowed Out Chest Of A Dead Horse

Note: THE pg.99 album, put out by Robotic Empire/Electric Human Project/Scene Police/Old Skool Kids/SzSS. On some reissues, their Document #9 songs appear as the last two tracks.

Document #9: A Split Personality (2001)

1. pg.99 - The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen

2. pg.99 - The List (Filth Cover)

3. City Of Caterpillar - An Innocent Face

4. City Of Caterpillar - The Ghosts Of Shadows Passing In City Streets

Note: Split 7" with City Of Caterpillar, put out by Level Plane Records

Document #10: Do You Need A Play To Stay? (2001)

1. Waifle - Intro/A Death At Willoughby Spit

2. Waifle - Calling You Ten Nights In A Row

3. Waifle - Cold Harbor

4. Waifle - Croaker Norge

5. Waifle - Under A Swarm Of Black Birds

6. Waifle - Watch Out For The Button In The Glovebox

7. Waifle - The Most Dreaded Fate Imaginable

8. Waifle - Hook, Line, And Sinker

9. pg.99 - Intro

10. pg.99 - Comedy Of Christ

11. pg.99 - Punk Rock In The Wrong Hands

12. pg.99 - We Left As Skeletons

13. pg.99 - In Love With An Apparition

14. pg.99 - Your Face Is A Rape Scene

Note: Live split with Waifle on KSCL put out by Magic Bullet Records

Document #11 (2002)

1. Mary Get Your Knife

2. The Longer Now

3. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick

4. Diagram For A Suicide

Note: 7" reissue of their songs on Documents #3 and #4 put out by Robotic Empire

Document #12 (2002)

1. pg.99 - Friendship

2. pg. 99 - Tantrum

3. pg.99 - Richmond Is A Hole 

4. pg.99 - Faces Sunken By Letting Go

5. pg.99 - Virginia

6. Majority Rule - Not In My Name

7. Majority Rule - These Hands

8. Majority Rule - My Version Of Paris

9. Majority Rule - Packaged Poison

Note: Split LP with Majority Rule put out by Magic Bullet Records

Document #13: Pyramids In Cloth (2002)

1. Circle Takes The Square - Patchwork Neurology

2. Circle Takes The Square - We're Sustained By The Corpse Of A Fallen Constellation

3. pg.99 - Goodbye, Face

4. pg.99 - Calm Song

Note: Split 7" with Circle Takes The Square put out by Perpetual Motion Machine Records. This is pg.99's last recorded material.

Document #14: Singles (2003)

1. Goodbye, Face

2. Calm Song

3. The List (Filth Cover)

4. The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen

5. The Sobering Moment Of One Single Violin

6. You And Your Lumbering Body Of Death

7. Goin' South

8. Cip Len Rae

9. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick

10. Diagram For A Suicide

11. Mary Get Your Knife

12. The Longer Now

13. Wood And Ink

14. Machine Revisited

15. A Classic Case Of...

16. My Application Of Heaven

17. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick

18. A Gun

Note: A compilation released by Reptilian Records on CD and Robotic Empire on vinyl containing songs from Documents #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #9, #13, and compilation songs. "Goin' South" is the same as "Your Life, A Real Page Turner" from the Process Is Dead split (Document #6), where "Goin' South" is the title of an entirely different song by Process Is Dead. Any insight on this complication would be much appreciated.