RUTH - Mon Pote/Mescalito

...you oughta know about this reissue of primo Gallic swoon what was spawned by Ilitch mastermind Thierry Mueller. My details on Ruth is sketchy but I think this follows the Ilitch lp Periodicmindtrouble when Mueller decided to drum up a rock ensemble with Ruth bein the end result. Not sure what they was channelin (or ingestin) but this 7 is as jakeve an example of proto (Hearthan) era Ubu swoggle as Ive ever heard. Considerin this is culled from some 1978 recordings, could it be they was locked into a similar street wave? Hard to know, theres also some aggressive Psychedelic Warlords "thing" goin on too & Francoise Portes vocals (esp. on Mescalito) sound like theys bein blipped in from another dimension. Really, besides Pere Ubu, I cant think of anyone back then KNOWN who was minin a similar shaft in a space/industro/punk vein. This one is impressin the hell outta me. Right up there alongside Angel Face as one of the greatest "lost" French bands of all time. Nice to have it around. Again." - Roland Woodbe, Siltblog.