On their debut full-length Jesus Says Relax, The Tits have hardly created anything new or even perfected anything old. They simply saw a void in our scenes slowly expanding musical orbit and fill it with hot noise and bodily fluids. While a bit shy of literally covering the stage in blood and piss, The Tits still bring it louder and truer to the primal spirit of proto-punk than any presently known working Nashville band. Jesus Says Relax offers a warm, fuzzy, blistering, full-flavored sonic spectrum that captures well the strength and essence of The Tits live show: a nine-song, 19-minute assault of vulgar power anthems with thick, meaty riffs and scalding hot leads that play out like Slash and Cheetah Chrome trying to sink each others battleships. Its available for the unbeatable bargain of free at their CD release.
Thu., May 7, 9 p.m., 2009