The new Mark Lanegan autobiography (“Sing Backwards and Weep”) flopped through my letterbox yesterday, accompanied by his new studio album.
While I haven’t fully absorbed those yet, it did get me to revisit Screaming Trees “Sweet Oblivion” for the first time in a while…and it really holds up!
It is their first album with drummer Barrett Martin, and I think that’s when they really started to gell as a band. FYI Barrett when on to start his own bands (including the excellent Tuatara and the semi-popular Mad Season).