Pistolero

Mojo - 3 stars out of 5 - "There's plenty of noisy passion and powerpop intent..." Entertainment Weekly - "...Performed with an epic, vinegary passion, Black's songs convey a rueful intelligence that keeps the album from becoming a new-wave retread." - Rating: A- NME - "...Frank really lets go on 'I Think I'm Starting To Loose It'...PISTOLERO is an old-skool garage rock album..." Mojo - "...the feel is a mix of punky feedback dementia, Stoogeish stomps and Pixie-ish riffs; over it, Frank roars like a raging bull or pleads not to be kicked. 'Tough guy progenitor of grunge is poet after all' shock..." CMJ - "...Black and the Catholics have churned out a solid sophomore set in the same manner in which he recorded its 1988 predecessor - live and straight to two-track. PISTOLERO's immediacy also keeps with the Catholic's bar-friendly, AOR-style punk..." Entertainment Weekly (4/9/99, p.76) - "...Performed with an epic, vinegary passion, Black's songs convey a rueful intelligence that keeps the album from becoming a new-wave retread." - Rating: A- Mojo (5/99, p.100) - "...the feel is a mix of punky feedback dementia, Stoogeish stomps and Pixie-ish riffs; over it, Frank roars like a raging bull or pleads not to be kicked. 'Tough guy progenitor of grunge is poet after all' shock..." Mojo (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "There's plenty of noisy passion and powerpop intent..." CMJ (3/22/99, p.22) - "...Black and the Catholics have churned out a solid sophomore set in the same manner in which he recorded its 1988 predecessor - live and straight to two-track. PISTOLERO's immediacy also keeps with the Catholic's bar-friendly, AOR-style punk..." NME (4/3/99, p.38) - "...Frank really lets go on 'I Think I'm Starting To Loose It'...PISTOLERO is an old-skool garage rock album..."

Frank Black's last album of the 20th century, PISTOLERO, finds the ex-Pixie leading his Catholics ensemble through a confident, energetic set that captures some of the verve of his former band without sounding overly indebted to that revered group. Highlights include raucous tunes such as "Western Star", "I Love Your Brain", and "Skeleton Man".|