THE VASELINES - SEX WITH AN X (LP)

The Vaselines Sex With An X on LP from Sub Pop

Who Says Indie Music Can't Be Fun?

Kurt Cobain's Favorite Band and Cult Heroes Pick It Up Right Where They Left Off 20 Years Ago on 2010 Studio Set

The new Vaselines album, Sex with an X, was recorded outside Manchester at the Analogue Catalogue studio in Mossley with Julie McLarnon engineering and production by Jamie Watson (who also produced their first album Dum Dum). The Vaselines circa 2010 consists of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee with guest musicians Stevie Jackson and Bob Kildea from Belle & Sebastian on guitar and bass, and Michael McGaughrin from the 1990s on drums.

It may have taken The Vaselines 20 years to get round to making this release, but it was worth the wait, and the irony has not been lost. Who says indie music can’t be fun? No hand-wringing on these tracks—just good clean smut with a twist of bitter.

"The Vaselines excel and making you feel dirty, akin to a junior-high kid who peeks at adult magazines stuffed under the mattress and tee-heeing about the secret. This sense of coy slyness informs the record and never grows tiresome. Neither does the band’s spunk."
--Bob Gendron, TONE Audio, Issue 31

The Vaselines Sex With An X Track Listing:

1.  Ruined
2.  Sex with an X
3.  The Devil's Inside Me
4.  Such a Fool
5.  Turning It On
6.  Overweight But Over You
7.  Poison Pen
8.  I Hate the '80s
9.  Mouth to Mouth
10. Whitechapel
11. My God's Bigger than Your God
12. Exit The Vaselines