When X released Wild Gift in 1981, they essentially dropped the definitely statement on crumbling love to an unsuspecting world. Combining John Doe's smarmy croon with Exene Cervenka's tuneless growl, X's punk music was brash, energetic and desperate.
Wild Gift deals with the tempestuous, failing marriage of Doe and Cervenka: their sex, jealousy, passing out on the couch and statements like ""My whole fucking life is a wreck!"" X plays, sings and writes with the complete abandon of people whose love lives—and apatments—may fall apart at any minute. Listening to their emotional honesty is nothing short of life-affirming.
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