This is a very interesting little EP for historical as well asmusical reasons. Musically, it offers three solid and distinctsongs. However, without any historical background on the band, itseems a strange decision for such an incredibly slow, traditionaldoom metal band to cover a Black Flag song, even if the lyrics forthe song are bleak enough to provide some justification.Apparently, though, Vitus often played with punk bands during theirearly career because they happened to be signed to a punk label.Needless to say, this didn�t always work out so well for Vitus aspunks tended to really hate them. With Thirsty and Miserable,though, the band really managed to make lemonade out of theproverbial lemons their early career dealt them. The simple,straightforward riffing may demonstrate the song�s punk originand, in my mind, isn�t quite as compelling as Vitus owncompositions but the vocal delivery, doomy tone and Chandler�spsychedelic leads improve a decent punk song and make it fit inVitus�s own catalogue. There�s not much to say about the songin the end, other than that it�s a great straightforward,doomed-up punk song. It�s easily the best doom cover of a punksong I�ve ever heard, considering the relative scarcity of anycompetition. The rest of the EP is made up of two Vitus originals,Look Behind You and The End of the End. The former is a relativelysimple, catchy St. Vitus song. It�s not, perhaps, one of thegreatest Vitus songs as it is relatively mindless, but paranoia hasrarely been so fun. The chorus will undoubtedly stick with you. Allof the elements of effective St. Vitus songs are there but, asidefrom the vocals, they�re not at their most impressive ormemorable in this track. The closer, appropriately entitled The Endof the End, is undoubtedly the highlight. The riffs and guitarleads are extremely moody and the song structure, straightforwardand conventional though it may be, is brilliantly accentuated bythe significant changes in tempo, which keep the song interesting.It all seems to build a sense of contempt which matches the lyricsdisdain for humanity in an apocalyptic world. Wino could haveexpressed a bit more attitude in this song but it�s still a greatsong. If his performance were just a bit more memorable, this songmight even have been as significant as Born Too Late. The mainshortcoming on this release is its length. Clocking in at less thanfourteen minutes long, it seems pretty hard to justify buying it onits own but if youre a collector you still want to own this releaseon vinyl

Track listing:
1. The End Of The End
2. Thirsty And Miserable-Black Flag cover
3. Look Behind You

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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