Jeniger - Drink Your Tea

My guess is I don't particularly need to introduce Jeniger to visitors of a crust blog. Most of you probably remember that the entire (crust) world took notice when their sole, self-titled LP release appeared - rave reviews in the PE mag, Slug & Lettuce, & elsewhere; crusties asking one another excitedly whether they had heard the "Tzeniger" LP that reinvents crust; me getting my copy from the PE distro & sneaking into the room of one of my roommates to give it a listen on his turntable; & so on.

The release featured here is their first 7", released in maybe-1995 (the year of release is not mentioned on the 7" itself). Two split 7"s followed, one with the (also german & featured in the "Whispers" compilation) World Chaos in 1996 (available here) & another one with Ebola (from germany - not to be confused with the english Ebola of the One By One/Ebola/Jinn family) - which is available here. The latter had the distinction of being the first release of Yellow Dog Records, too. A 7" titled 'Captured' also appeared shortly before the LP, partly containing material that later appeared reworked in the LP. &, of course, upon their demise, Jeniger evolved into the un-be-lie-va-ble Zeroid & their music into something way more sinister & unmatchable.

That having been said, the sound in this 7" bears close to no resemblance whatsoever to the sound they developed later - I've a feeling that some lineup changes must have contributed to that, but someone with direct access to the LP can compare the names there with the names here & let us all know. The only way in which I can describe the band's sound here is as 'decisively primitive/undecidedly grind-like.' There are some quieter moments & some "melody" thrown in here & there (& I think I even hear some metallic passages - as, for example, in the intro to 'Sylt'), but for the biggest part it sounds like grind to me.

Hopefully someone will post the rest of the Jeniger 7"s (or their demo!) on their blog pretty soon.