Godflesh – Us And Them (1999)

April 26, 2020
Godflesh – Us And Them (1999)

Us And Them is probably the least popular of the original run of Godflesh full-length records. When I first bought this (from the Earache stall at Damnation Deathfest festival 2009) it was before I was on Discogs or anything like that, so I thought it was some sort of weird bootleg or remix album. I remember finding the heavy drum and bass parts infuriating, before turning it off and throwing it into a pile.

It was some years later that I came back to Us And Them. I was delivering kebabs for a living and rinsing my CD collection in the process. I gave Us And Them another chance and it grew on me. Yes, it is angsty, raw and a bit clumsy, but there are some absolute bangers here, not to mention diamonds in the rough, like the closing few tracks and “Bittersweet” more towards the middle.

Justin has not spoken highly of this this record in hindsight, but it was an interesting experiment and I heavily enjoy it. I replayed it recently and found I enjoyed it more than ever. Apparently, there was a cancelled Us And Them In Dub record which was to follow (two tracks of which are on the In All Languages compilation) – I would absolutely love to hear that album.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *