Little Rocket / Sounds Of Subterrania / Waterslide / Rad Girlfriend (2024, Reissue)
Jesse is the Frankie Stubbs band that released records for a brief moment in time between 1995 and 1998. It was after the initial incarnation of Leatherface and the band Pope, before Leatherface eventually started playing again. They released three 7"s, a Japanese tour split 7" with Hooton 3 Car and a full length album that capped things off in '98. This new double LP discography compiles everything from those releases plus a previously unreleased bonus song.
Let's start out with the music, it's flawless. The songs album is in rarified air for me as I absolutely love it and have been pretty obsessed with everything the band was doing since those 7"s first started coming out. It's very much a band that makes sense as being a Frankie Stubbs band, it's not dissimilar to Leatherface or Pope enough to not appeal to fans of those bands. But at the same time, I always felt there was something a little smoother about the Jesse songs.
Maybe it's just that they are a touch slower and more melodic than some of the more aggressive Leatherface recordings that proceeded it. But if you had heard The Last or the Pope record, if made a lot of sense that this is where Frankie was going next. Just flawless songs and the only complaints I ever had is that I wish the LP didn't also have all of the 7" songs on it. and we had gotten 14 brand new ones instead of just seven.
OK, let's get to the variations. First up is the standard version on grey swirl vinyl. It was also available on orange, blue and white vinyl. Not sure of the pressing information on each of the individual colors, but I'm not aware of any one of them being rarer or pressed in different numbers than any of the others.
Second, we have the Sounds of Subterrania version from Germany. This one was pressed on good old fashioned black vinyl, but has alternate, screened artwork that is just spectacular. The picture doesn't do justice to the flap, tuck in thing that closes up the whole package. The cover art is taken from the Indestructible 7", which also happens to be my favorite Jesse song.
Finally is the Waterslide version from Japan. This one is on clear vinyl, that is described on the Waterslide website as being "coke blue." It also comes with a sharp looking obi that I'm a big fan of.
I don't buy as many duplicate copies of albums as I used to. The variant game is a game I've decided is just too expensive these days. But for an album as important to me as this one is and the three distinct versions that were made, I just couldn't pass them up. But hey, I'm showing some restraint. I didn't get all four different colors of the standard version.
Jesse - Complete Discography:
https://jesselrr.bandcamp.com/album/jesse-complete-discography
https://jesselrr.bandcamp.com/album/jesse-complete-discography
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