Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy

by Faster Pussycat

Overview

Faster Pussycat's 2001 reunion tour was a definite hit with America's thriving metal underground. But rather than capitalize on that success with new songs, or even a greatest-hits release, Faster frontman Taime Downe decided to dress up his old band in the ridiculous black vinyl of his new one. With Downe's post-Pussycat project, Newlydeads, as its yardstick, Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy drops 11 FP classics into a den of industrial dance buffoonery. Vestiges of the original tracks leave their ghostly signature -- a guitar riff here, a snatch of lyrical catch phrase there. But mostly, Ultra Pussy is a short-circuited mess. It's like throwing a boom box blasting My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult's Sexplosion! into a retention pond full of Rob Zombie impersonators. "Bathroom Wall" and "Arizona Indian Doll" (from Faster Pussycat and Wake Me When It's Over, respectively) are arguably the best thing here. But even these last at least a minute too long, so that the pushbutton percussion and disembodied guitar become interminable. Longtime FP or Newlydeads' fans might be interested in "Blood," which is listed as an unreleased demo. But there's no excuse for pulling Kiss' "I Was Made for Loving You" into this mechanistic morass. It's one thing to sully your own material, but to damage another band's is doubly disappointing. ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2023
Label:	Deadline / Deadline Music
UPC:	0889466345012
Rank:	32313

Tracks

1. Arizona Indian Doll
2. Bathroom Wall
3. Little Dove
4. Poison Ivy
5. Where There's a Whip
6. Body Thief
7. House of Pain
8. Cathouse
9. I Was Made for Loving You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Faster Pussycat   Primary Artist
Charlie Paulson   Guitar

Technical Credits

Taime   Producer
Taime Downe   Composer
Faster Pussycat   Composer
Brian Haught   Remixing
Brent Muscat   Composer
Greg Steele   Composer,Remixing
Matt Green   Programming
Eric Stacy   Composer