Wild at Heart definitely prefigures a number of Tarantino's stylistic tendencies.

I enjoy them. I really like the weird 2nd lp "King Heavy Metal". It has some very solid songs and the whole thing ends with that cool 2 1/2 minute solo by Mitchell.

Does anyone know what went down with Nick Mitchell? Seems strange that he got fired considering all the enthusiastic work Bob did with him over the last few years like Ricked Wicky and the Of Course You Are solo lp.

Thanks to Disqus I was indeed notified of your comment! Totally agree on all fronts. I think if anyone were to put the five recent lps in a playlist and press shuffle it would be pretty darn difficult not to be impressed by the extraordinary creative period the band is going through. Great to be a GBV fan!

I agree that ELL is one of the best of the new 5, as is MJ. The damaged experimental songs like A Burning Glass and Reflections are integral to the glorious spectrum of GBV. Another big factor in ELL being great is the return of John Shough to production duties. The sound of ELL, the guitars especially, are…