Incesticide was a Geffen cash-grab, a collection of cobbled-together recordings released in 1992 at the height of Nirvana’s popularity.
While the motivation behind the collection may not have been too pure, it remains a brilliant and fascinating record, and a vital element in understanding just how great the band were.
The album contains quirky covers of the likes of Devo and The Vaselines which hint at Cobain’s new wave and pop influences, outsider art such as ‘Beeswax’ and ‘Mexican Seafood’, and some of their finest material ever recorded (‘Dive’, ‘Aneurysm’ and the irrepressible ‘Sliver’). And now you can buy it on double-vinyl, to celebrate the record’s 25th anniversary.
As Spin points out, the record received a limited-edition reissue for Record Store Day in 2012. But copies of this are rare (read: stupidly expensive), and the new edition benefits from a tidy remastering by engineer Bernie Grundman.
The vinyl came out in the U.S on Friday, and as such is currently hard to find on these sea-girt shores. No doubt it will wash up at local retailers soon – Resist have copies for sale if you really cannot wait to have this baby in your hands. Now, let’s listen to ‘(New Wave) Polly’.
