Highly recommended, especially for those who enjoyed being turned on to Portland outfit LITHICS. Excellent post-punk outing.

JUNGLE NAUSEA formed at the dawn of the '80s when some members of SMEGMA recruited other Portland new-music enthusiasts (including poster artist MIKE KING) for a project that would combine punk, new wave, American roots music, and a sense of humor. They weren't much like the other local bands of the era, but that wasn't what they were going for. Instead they found their own twisted path, playing the heck out of their mix of conventional and homemade instruments and getting unintended sounds out of their rhythm machine. The live shows were few, but incredibly memorable. This release combines their 1982 EP in its entirety, and a whole side of unreleased live and studio tracks.