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Podcast Episode
Season
Six
number
278
Type
Album Review
Post Date
5/10/2016

Zen Guerilla

278 Trance States in Tongues by Zen Guerrilla

Trance States in Tongues

Label
Sub Pop
Release year
1999
Producer
Jack Endino
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Zen Guerrilla have plent of energy and volume on 1999's Trance States in Tongues, but does it come at a cost to the songwriting?

Author & Special Guests

After our chat about the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, we decided to go a little further down the 1990s garage rock rabbit hole and check out a band we had both seen live, Zen Guerrilla, and their 1999 album Trance States in Tongues. Whereas JSBX took a more stripped down and deconstructed take on the blues, ZG amps up the tempo and volume to eleven for a high energy brand of rock. But does that come at a cost to the songwriting? Tune in to find out.

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - Moonage Daydream (David Bowie cover) 
  • 3:01 - History of the Band 
  • 8:14 - Preacher’s Promise 
  • 12:58 - Ghetto City Version
  • Outro - Heart Attack

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