While the very name of this project helmed by veteran singer and antisocial icon Lydia Lunch addresses a rearview-looking mind-set, its unexpectedly long lifespan speaks to the way the combo has evolved into something bigger. Flanked by drummer Bob Bert—an old-school postpunk drummer who served time in Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, and Action Swingers, among others—as well as guitarist and former Chicagoan Weasel Walter and bassist Tim Dahl, a pair as comfortable essaying punishing postpunk as they are lacerating free jazz, Lunch has improbably found the best, most enduring band of her lengthy career.…
While the very name of this project helmed by veteran singer and antisocial icon Lydia Lunch addresses a rearview-looking mind-set, its unexpectedly long lifespan speaks to the way the combo has evolved into something bigger. Flanked by drummer Bob Bert—an old-school postpunk drummer who served time in Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, and Action Swingers, among others—as well as guitarist and former Chicagoan Weasel Walter and bassist Tim Dahl, a pair as comfortable essaying punishing postpunk as they are lacerating free jazz, Lunch has improbably found the best, most enduring band of her lengthy career.…