Jay Reatard’s Band Angry Angles’ Complete Recordings Compiled

In 2005, Jay Reatard and Alix Brown started a band called Angry Angles. The band’s rotating lineup also featured Destruction Unit‘s Ryan Rousseau. They released a handful of singles, but before they could complete their album, Reatard and Brown’s relationship fizzled. The band broke up, and soon after, Jay released his debut solo album, Blood Visions. 

On May 20, Goner will release the complete recorded works of Angry Angles, including some unreleased material. Listen to the unreleased version of “Things Are Moving” above.

Other unreleased tracks include a cover of the Oblivians’ “Memphis Creep” and three tracks from a shelved Toronto session: “Can’t Do It Anymore,” “All the Same,” and “Set in Stone.” There are also covers of Wire’s “The 15th,” Devo’s “Blockhead,” and the Urinals’ “Black Hole.”

Read our Jay Reatard “In Memorium” feature from 2011, featuring interviews with Brown and more.

Angry Angles:

01 Things Are Moving (Unreleased Version)
02 Apparent-Transparent
03 You Fell In
04 The 15th
05 Crowds
06 She’s Dead
07 Blockhead
08 In My Room
09 Memphis Creep
10 Things Are Moving (Single Version)
11 Black Hole
12 Stab You Dead
13 You Call It Love
14 You Lied
15 Can’t Do It Anymore
16 All The Same
17 Set In Stone

Watch Reatard perform “Death Is Forming,” originally written as an Angry Angles song, for Pitchfork.tv:

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