Jan the Actress
‘Dirty Anxious
Low’
Self-released
Most bands build up
the energy over the space of a few cuts. But not Jan the Actress, no. The
band’s latest CD, “Dirty Anxious Low,” delivers that slash, crash and burn
immediately. It’s there the minute you switch it on, and it doesn’t stop for
nine glorious cuts. There’s clever vocal interplay between singers Karrah Teague and Eric Witkowski,
who plays his guitar in a kind of unrelenting stranglehold.
The music is
thunderous and raw; it burns like a six-string rash. The band weaves in and out
of garage and punk rock, both in attitude and application. It reminds me of The
Bellrays and their merciless wail, and I can’t get
enough. “Dirty Anxious Low,” I love you. S.W.A.K.
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2019.
