Memphis Punk: did you know? 'Cause I didn't, until now. The Elvis capital isn't the first place that comes to mind when sourcing the locational cauldrons of Punk music, but now thanks to Goner Records, a collective scene has been assembled and revealed to the rest of us. Goner started as a label in 1993 by Eric Freidl of The Oblivians, who opened up for Rocket From The Crypt in 1995, where a young high school drop-out named Jay Reatard left before the headliners began and decided he should start writing music. Today, Goner Records is the shogun of deep south punk rock and Jay Reatard is it's salient disciple with his 2006 release, Blood Visions.
Blood Visions is a low-fi garage punk triumph. Reatard, despite what his moniker suggests, is a gifted and full-bodied songwriter with a penchant for that which is fast and loud, and holds a pop sensibility as well. Some have categorized Reatard's sound new-wave, which fits as it resembles the British output of the 70's and 80's when punk morphed into it's proceeding manifestation. In other comparative observations, his aforementioned propensity for the fast and loud as well as repetitive lyrics can lead to citations of The Ramones (as almost all punk that came after 1976 does). If you like (former Jay Reatard tourfellows) Japanther, The Wire, Misfits, and/or The Germs, you will like, but more likely love Jay Reatard and Blood Visions. Allegories aside, Blood Visions is an album of it's own and is a victory for modern school of Punk.
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