As if its perpetual revolving door of membership weren’t confusing enough, on album number 16, Brian Jonestown Massacre main man Anton Newcombe has employed the services of five additional guest musicians and vocalists (including members of the Charlatans and the Pogues). Thankfully, this crowding doesn’t bog down Don’t Get Lost too much. There are moments that could’ve been excised, but BJM demonstrates a most robust path when its psychedelia lasers fix onto a starting point and add to the established theme, as on the kaleidoscopic flower-power shimmer of “Resist Much Obey Little,” the curious dub/twang/classic-U2 combo on “Fact 67” and the hypnotic entwining of world music with no-wave flavored industrial on “Throbbing Gristle” and “One Slow Breath.” The strengths shine through, despite a lack of variance in pacing and tempo over the course of this record’s 14 tracks occasionally detracting from potential dynamic wealth.
—Kevin Stewart-Panko
