File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978–1981

This compilation is a masterclass in sonic sleaze, collecting the band's earliest and most vital 7-inch singles. It sounds like a transmission from a haunted drive-in theater, where the ghosts of 1950s rock and roll have been reanimated with a jagged, punk-rock electricity.

The production is defined by a cavernous reverb that makes Lux Interior's vocals sound as if they are echoing off the walls of a damp crypt, while Poison Ivy’s guitar work provides a sharp, surf-inflected counterpoint to Bryan Gregory’s wall of fuzz.