There's a little Iggy Pop spit and seethe, a David Yow drunken stumble, and a bite of Nick Cave's haunted bark. Add a dash of motorik groove, a pinch of post-punk grime, and a dose of no wave howl. Welfare Jazz doesn't bargain with the anxiety in that defeated feeling, but rather a boiling certainty that nothing and no one is absolute. There's plenty of blame to go around, and things are just a lot more interesting when you admit that you're not always going to be nice, you're not always going to pick the right words in a fist-fight. So why not keep moving forward, swaying and strutting into the night.
Side A
1 Ain't Nice
2 Cold Play
3 Toad
4 This Old Dog
5 Into The Sun
6 Creatures
7 6 Shooter
Side B
1 Best In Show II
2 Secret Canine Agent
3 I Feel Alive
4 Girls & Boys
5 To The Country
6 In Spite Of Ourselves
Welfare Jazz Deluxe Edition
1 Girls & Boys (Patrik Berger Remix)
2 Dream Interlude
3 You And Me Baby
4 Blue Bone
5 16 Wheeler Horse
6 Aint Nice (Rotterdam Mix)
7 Creatures (Someone's Great Version)1. Ain't Nice
2. Cold Play
3. Toad
4. This Old Dog
5. Into The Sun
6. Creatures
7. 6 Shooter
8. Best In Show II
9. Secret Canine Agent
10. I Feel Alive
11. Girls & Boys
12. To The Country
13. In Spite Of Ourselves