Not for the faint-hearted this, as the whole album is pervaded by a sense of forthcoming disaster and a “they’re coming to get me” neurosis. Hence, I suppose, the track entitled Keep The Car Running and then, in the following title track, “Not much chance for survival/If the Neon Bible is Right.” I do find the album a bit repetitive but, on the whole, it’s a groove I’m happy to be in at the time. As you’d expect, it’s richly arranged with organs and strings, and all sounds rather majestic. This is not an album to listen to in a compressed format (what is?). When I heard it in MP3, I was definitely underwhelmed. On CD, it sounds grand and I guess it’s even better on vinyl.Amid all the impending doom tracks, you’ll find Antichrist Television Blues which is, I think, about a father preparing to exploit his daughter as a child singer. It’s quite chilling in its calculations. Perhaps the disaster has already happened.
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