by Martin Walters
Phoenix, AZ's most outlandish musical export composed this soundtrack for Hachiro Maki's underground film of the same title and released this LP in 1995 during a heavily prolific period for the band that also produced some of their strangest material. The spectrum of their eclectic and finest work is covered here, from the spaced-out improvisation and ethnic drone to the cutting electric rock of the Torch of the Mystics era. It is safe to say this original soundtrack is inspired by such classics as Zabriskie Point and even some of Ennio Morricone's '70s work. Clearly the Sun City Girls intended this material to be heard outside of the underground cinema -- theirs is such a freakish sound as to invoke its own imagery.