He may have been knocking out sleazy rock with the Blues Explosion for the last fourteen years but even Jon Spencer likes to kick back and take it easy once in a while. Which is where Heavy Trash comes in, with Spencer teaming up with Matt Verta-Ray, previously of Madder Rose and Speedball Baby, to knock out some old school jams.

Not as raucous or self-obsessed as the Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash is both more upbeat and, goddamn it, more fun. 'Justine Alright', a perfect example of the simple and direct Heavy Trash sound, is distinctly rockabilly and, in places, a bit Sun-era Elvis. While Spencer's at his hip-shaking finest during the slick posturing of 'The Loveless', thanks in part to a gloriously spat-out chorus ("They call me The Loveless, I'm a mean son of a bitch"). But, for the doubters that think Heavy Trash can't do anything other than up-tempo blasts, the low-slung bourbon-soaked dirge of 'Under The Waves' should prove otherwise.

The laid back porch sound of two mates kicking back, with little more than a guitar and some six packs for company, Heavy Trash is old school rock'n'roll at its swampy finest. Hot damn!

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