Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall 12″

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For his second solo studio album and proper Matador debut, Memphis prolific punk wunderkind Jay Reatard moved beyond his roots and recorded an album chock-full of irresistible melodies, the songs cascading with joyous hooks. He would not be Jay Reatard, however, if there wasn’t a certain aggro negativity, and the song titles and lyrics do much to undercut the pop sensibility: “Im Watching You,” “Hang Them All,” “Cant Do It Anymore,” “Wounded,” “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me.” The perfect album for disaffected youth, Watch Me Fall is the last full-length released during Jay Reatard’s lifetime – originally issued in 2009 as the follow-up to 2006’s Blood Visions. Back in print on 120g vinyl courtesy of Matador Records.”If his 2006 debut (give or take 20 side-projects) Blood Visions was a sonic cosh to the back of the head short sharp stabs of punk energy drowning in dissonance then Watch Me Fall finds him with space to show off the full genius of his songwriting, turning the fuzz down, the jangle up and taking the (for him) radical decision to throw in violins and even some pianos. A lot has been made of the influence of Kiwi indie-pop label flying nun, but theres a more obvious daddy here in those other melodic misanthropes the Buzzcocks.” – Gavin Haynes, NMEJay Reatard Watch Me Fall Track Listing:1. It Aint Gonna Save Me2. Before I Was Caught3. Man Of Steel4. Cant Do It Anymore5. Faking It6. Im Watching You7. Wounded8. Rotten Mind9. Nothing Now10. My Reality11. Hang Them All12. There Is No Sun