Label: Third Man
Reissed 2018
HYENAS went down to Memphis to the legendary Easley Studios to record their final LP with the one and only Doug Easley. On Hard Times, we see the HYENAS influences are more HOWLIN' WOLF/MUDDY WATERS than they are NICK CAVE/IGGY POP. Every bit as emotionally ruthless as their previous releases, the LAUGHING HYENAS went out on a high note with Hard Times. 2 years after releasing Life of Crime, Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball had left to form MULE. Many people thought this marked the end of the band; not the case. Todd Swalla (of NECROS) stepped in on drums and Kevin Ries on bass. Over the new slightly toned down direction, the sound of the band somehow seemed even more extreme. - Liner notes by Bob Bert (SONIC YOUTH, PUSSY GALOR, CHROME CRANKS) and Allyson Baker (DIRTY GHOSTS, TEEN CRUD COMBO) - Unseen photos and flyer reprints
Track Listing:
- Just Can't Win
- Hard Time Blues
- You're So Cool
- Stay
- Slump
- Home of the Blues
- Each Dawn I Die
- Shine
- Crawl
- Crawl
- Living in Darkness
- Walk
- Girl
- Covers
- Solid Gold Hell
- I Want You Right Now
- Under My Thumb
- Serves Me Right to Suffer