Loose Unit – You’ll Find It Under U

Loose Unit
You’ll Find It Under U
1993 (no label)
Auckland, New Zealand

Ricki – Guitars, lead vocals
Shae – Guitars, bgv’s
Steve – Bass, bgv’s
Scott – Drums, bgv’s

Side A:

1. Real Nice Prelude
2. The Big M
3. Who Am I Now
4. Through
5. Radio B
6. Schitzophrenic TV

Side B:

1. Vomit
2. Real Nice Person
3. Little Monster
4. Gurus
5. Industrial TV

This is the Loose Unit album that most people might have heard of (if any), since the song “Who Am I Now” was included on the HM magazine Pick of the Liter Volume 1 compilation. It looks like there are 11 songs, but it is really 8 full length songs and 3 various tracks (a short prelude to “Real Nice Person” that is not before the actual song, a radio recording, and a dramatic reading about monsters). The last track is also an a kind of industrial version of “Schitzophrenic TV” (that is how they spell it). The sound is a bit hard to describe – generally they are a groove metal meets funk metal band, but other influences (like the grunge-y “Who Am I Now”) are also sprinkled throughout the album. It’s kind of like Precious Death meets Scapegoat meets Dig Hay Zoose. “The Big M” is also on 1993’s Skots Room (but I don’t know which tape was released first). A live version of “Gurus” also appears on 1996’s Limited Edition Bootleg tape.