
Somewhat confusingly, this is basically a reissue of the first Deadboy & the Elephantmen album, IF THIS IS HELL THEN I'M LUCKY. By newly attributing the album to himself instead of his former b&, Dax Riggs implies that it was essentially his baby from the beginning. With the way his voice curls around a dark lyric or a crunchy minor-key chord, it seems hard to argue with that assessment. Recalling Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, & Danzig in equal measure, Riggs is the most indelible vocalist