Distortions

The Litter's debut album was disappointing in the sense that there are only a couple of songs that were not covers. However, they were one of the few garage bands to invest enough energy and imagination into their interpretations to make a cover-heavy LP worth hearing. 'Action Woman' is here, and they go about tackling, and sometimes dismantling, numbers like the Small Faces' 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It' and the Who's 'A Legal Matter' (both of which were barely known in the U.S. at this point, incidentally). 'I'm a Man,' though based on the Yardbirds' version, gets into some pretty incredible feedback/distortion swirls in the closing rave-up section.