LABEL:Sacred Bones Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 9/2/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2022
VARIANT:Transwavy Gold Vinyl LP

Thouhave a bit of a reputation for doingNirvanacovers, even releasing of a full album of them titled Blessings of the Highest Order during the height of quarantine. The infamously ravenous Thou fans were stuck in their rooms, drinking every drop and begging for more and just their luck the band decided to release a full-length compilation of their non-Nirvana covers they recorded and released from 2009-2022.

All of the songs onA Primer of Holy Wordsappeared on limited pressings of various split EPs and benefit compilations. The range of bands being covered is wide:Pearl JamandAlice in Chainsfrom abandoned tribute projects;Born Againstfrom a small press European compilation;Ginger Quail, an obscure New Orleans punk band from the late 90s; and so on. Regardless of their standing in the civilian world, all of these bands and songs have had a strong imprint on Thou much more so than sludge or metal in general or the swamp of New Orleans.

New Noise Magazine described some of the tracks saying Theyve got aBlack Sabbath Sweet Leaf cover that theyve dirtied up to the point where it sounds like a High on Fire original, a blackend-sludge version ofBorn Againsts Well Fed Fuck, a bewitched version ofPearl Jams Spin the Black Circle, and an appropriately gross and desperate cover ofShellacs Prayer to God. Its as good or better than theirNirvanaalbum imho. And while the mentioned tracks will be on the vinyl version sans Sweet Leaf it will have a different track list from 2020s digital release including a cover of theYeah Yeah Yeahs iconic track Maps.

This collection includes artwork from former New Orleans -now Mexico City-artistRachel Speckfrom herTropical Gothimprint.

TRACKLIST
1. Introduction
2. Prayer to God - Shellac
3. Spin the Black Circle - Pearl Jam
4. No Excuses - Alice in Chains
5. Fourth of July - Soundgarden
6. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Well Fed Fuck - Born Against
8. Screaming at a Wall - Minor Threat
9. Anarchys Stupid - Ginger Quail
10. Tremor Christ - Pearl Jam
10. Paroled in 54 - Agents of Oblivion
11. Dont Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young