Description
Reduced price due to two small promo holes on the back cover
Original 1991 Sub Pop release with insert
Few bands have been haunted by a musical comparison as much as Jacksonville, FL’s Rein Sanction. Virtually no review or article related to them can go by without pointing out the similarities between themselves and Dinosaur Jr. They both make the same brand of sludge pop, but this trio managed to stay a band effort, unlike J. Mascis’ monopolization of Dinosaur Jr. Formed in the late ’80s, the band was made up of guitarist Mark Gentry, bassist Ian Chase, and drummer Brannon Gentry. They released Broc’s Cabin, produced by Shimmy Disc honcho Kramer, on Sub Pop Records in 1991. Although Sub Pop became a real hotbed for music around this time, the band could not seem to capitalize on it. But although they were often compared to Dinosaur Jr., i’ve always felt that Rein Sanction was a lot more adventuresome and musically adept than J Masic and company, and, to be honest, i hear A LOT more Jimi Hendrix, Thurston Moore, Neil Young, Peter Buck, Tom Verlaine, and the edge in Mark Gentry’s guitar playing, although he has managed to blend these and other influences w/ very little (if any) evident pretense and concocted something quite unique in the process. In fact, the way Mark, his brother Brannon (drums), and Ian Chase (bass) improvise around these 3-chord ditties was/is purely magical and way more sublime than anything i’ve heard from Dinosaur Jr. A unique and idiosyncratic approach to improvisation is Rein Sanction’s strong suite, and Broc’s Cabin, is an excellent representations of this. Broc’s Cabin was recorded by Kramer (see Bongwater, Shimmy Disc) in Gainesville and would not be out of place in any stoner-rock afficianodos record collection, although the sanction are a lot more sophisticated than your average stoner rock band, often infusing blues, jazz, and psyche elements with the standard rock and roll form.
Track list:
1. F Train
2. Deep Ellis
3. Creel
4. Limestone
5. Broc’s Cabin
6. Kilmonick
7. Newton
8. Do You Remember?
9. Sideways Down
10. Sasquatch