The nice Jon Wurster (The Mountain Goats, The Bob Mould Band, Superchunk, The Finest Present with Tom Scharpling) is a prolific drummer and one of many funniest folks on earth. Certainly one of my favourite Wursterisms is that he makes use of the hashtag #rocknrollweirdness on Instagram when posting pictures of incongruous moments in rock n’ roll. Whether or not it’s an image of The Who holding their Who Are You launch celebration on the Hollywood set of the TV present Battlestar Galactica, Oasis hanging with Wesley Willis, or Motörhead drummer Philthy Animal Taylor and W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes having ice cream on a pleasant day, Wurster is a grasp curator of singular pictures of #rocknrollweirdness.
It’s uncommon for an occasion of #rocknrollweirdness to land so profoundly with me that it provides me the vitality to take finger-to-keyboard for the primary time in years. But it just lately got here to my consideration that grasp of heviosity Justin Okay. Broadrick was just lately tapped by mainstream indie icon Phoebe Bridgers to play guitar on two tracks of her August 14, 2026 launch Misplaced Weekend. Justin performs on monitor #5, “Bobby,” in addition to on the ‘hidden’ monitor “Finest Dressed” (monitor D17 on the vinyl and Observe 00 on CD). Broadrick is concerned with many various private initiatives, every with their very own explicit signature sonic qualities, so you will need to word that he performs on these tracks underneath his Jesu moniker. And though I discover his contributions to be buried underneath too many layers of over-production, the Broadrick aficionado can instantly acknowledge Jesu’s signature guitar sound within the first 15-seconds of “Bobby.” Misplaced Weekend was the Number one album within the UK and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. That is virtually positively the primary time Justin has been that top within the charts.
However there was extra! Phoebe Bridgers then launched “On Video,” her track from the brand new A24 movie Primetime. You possibly can hearken to it under. Oh and guess what? Justin Broadrick performed bass and guitar on that track. As you in all probability know by now, Phoebe can be within the film, and has been enjoying the track on tour.
These aren’t the primary situations that Justin and Phoebe’s careers have intersected. Again in 2021, once more underneath the Jesu moniker, Justin remixed Phoebe’s Boygenius bandmate Julien Baker’s monitor “Favor.” Justin not solely executed the remix, however he additionally performed guitars on the monitor which additionally options Phoebe Bridgers (and Lucy Dacus) on backing vocals. Examine that monitor out under.
In different Justin Okay. Broadrick information, we’ve had a couple of months to let it sink in that the mighty Godflesh has retired from touring on account of ongoing well being points plaguing Justin. The excellent news is that previous to his tour-ending surgical procedure, Justin and Benny had a whole new Godflesh album just about already within the can. The album, entitled Decay, dropped on September 25 through Relapse Data and is on the market in all of the codecs, together with vinyl in all types of colours and patterns.
Happily, the entire recordings for Decay have been accomplished lengthy earlier than the surgical procedure, vocals included… though the again finish of a few songs have been recorded with the hernia itself, and that was a wrestle. I used to be already conscious that the GODFLESH shout, so to talk, was exacerbating the hernia drastically, as was each GODFLESH efficiency within the lead-up to the surgical procedure as soon as the hernia appeared, and the hernia was largely brought on by yr upon yr of shouting in GODFLESH. The album was blended post-surgery, and whereas I used to be nonetheless in some ache and appreciable discomfort, however thankfully GODFLESH is usually me expressing my ache, albeit [usually] psychological, philosophical and existential, whereas this was bodily ache.
You possibly can hearken to “Residing/Ending” under and do some heavy obligation ordering of the vinyl.
I interviewed Justin again in 2014 and would like to interview him once more sometime to debate all of his initiatives BUT Godflesh. Till that occurs, each Guitar World and The Guardian have revealed superb interviews with him that do an excellent job bringing followers up to the mark with the present state of Justin’s world.
See additionally: it’s been an excellent yr for post-metal.
Decay by GODFLESH