This single from King's X features two songs from their latest effort, Tape Head. The song Fade sounds dark with a heavy riff at the verses and the chorus and in between the usual harmonized vocals from all three band-members. More dreamy is Ocean with the rolling riffs of the guitar, drifting on the flow of bass and drums. Beside these two songs there are two other songs as well. Friends is a track from the Poundhound project of vocalist and bassplayer Doug Pinnick. The Poundhound album that was released has a title nominated for the longest-and-hardly-speakable-album-title-award: Massive Grooves From The Electric Church Of Psychofunkadelic Grungalism Rock Music (got it?). This one has a riff that sounds heavy and almost threatening. The single ends with a live-recording, Groove Machine, recorded in October 1998 in Seattle. All together this is a single that's just fun to have.
