Helios Creed
has a favorite schtick for his album covers -- deliberately cheesy science fiction images. The giant shrimp with cowboy hat, bandana, and sixshooters on the cover of the 1994 release
Planet X
is one of the more fun, playful ones. Inside, listeners will find more of the grinding, intentionally discordant sounds typical of his
grunge
/
industrial
fusion, with the sci-fi theme carrying through into the titles, from
"Dog Star"
to
"Kurt Zombie"
"First Encounter."
Effects include the strange double-echoing spoken overlaps on
"The Ascent,"
which add a strong dash of surreal to the mixture. It seems thematically appropriate that this is released on the
Amphetamine Reptile
label. ~ Murrday Fisher