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Originally Posted by E. Noisefield
Hmm. I don't think they were anywhere near breaking up during that period. Or during any other period, really.
I love EJS. It was my first SY album. It's like their White Album sorta, even though it's a Thurston/Kim affair and not really a "whole group" album. It's just crazy and laid back and unconcerned and totally badass.
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Ive always divided the band's output into 3/4 album bursts, and EJS represents the end of the period where they first attained mainstream popularity. I may be misremembering but im sure ive read something about the early 90s being a time when there were rumblings about it, and that would make sense given the fact theyd completed the underground to mainstream journey. Alot of people might have thought "where else is there to go?"
EJS is a fundamentally inconsitent album for me, though it has its moments it doesnt hold together and could have done with losing 3 or 4 songs. I think Washing Machine is overrated, but it follows its own internal thread in a way that EJS really doesnt, which is what marks EJS out from all their other releases