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Sleep It Off – A Tribute to Brazen Hussies
To mark 20 years of Jezus Factory Records, a cast of underground heavyweights — including members of dEUS, Daisy Chainsaw/Queen Adreena, Death In Vegas, Front 242, Sukilove and Kiss My Jazz — have united to pay tribute to one of the great lost bands of the late ’90s: Brazen Hussies.
Released on clear yellow vinyl with artwork by Rudy Trouvé, Sleep It Off arrives via Jezus Factory Records on 4th April 2026.
To mark the 20th Anniversary of Jezus Factory Records, we invited friends and collaborators to revisit the gloriously chaotic world of Brazen Hussies — the late-90s cult band who somehow managed to hold NME Single of the Week and Melody Maker’s Wankers of the Week simultaneously, all while charming Type O Negative’s Pete Steele during a Kerrang! guest review. They never capitalised on any of it, leaving behind a trail of brilliant songs, chemical misadventures and frayed mental health. Our 2021 Anthology sparked a new wave of critical acclaim; this tribute shows exactly why.
The idea for a covers album began during lockdown, when I (Andrew Bennett, Jezus Factory) started imagining how these songs might sound in the hands of fellow travellers. Once UK indie polymath Ian Button (Death In Vegas, Papernut Cambridge) agreed to contribute — and master the record — the project took on a life of its own. Rudy Trouvé (dEUS, Kiss My Jazz, The Love Substitutes) came aboard to both contribute and create the artwork; Crispin Gray (Daisy Chainsaw, Queen Adreena, Dizzy Q Viper) remembered Brazen Hussies supporting his band and instantly said yes.
From there it spiralled into a full-blown love-in featuring some key figures of the Antwerp music scene:
Kloot Per W, fresh from celebrating his 70th birthday by releasing two albums on the same day;
Elko Blijweert (Dead Man Ray, Front 242, Kiss My Jazz, Gruppo Di Pawlowski);
former dEUS guitarist Craig Ward, marking his first commercially released track since 2017;
Benny Zen, also returning in 2025 with their first album since 2017;
Harvesters, emerging from the rubble of Jezus Factory recording artists, Grand Blue Heron;
Dolk, new band with members of Gore Slut and Angels Die Hard;
Heyme (Kiss My Jazz),
Jon Doe One (DAAU, Craig Ward);
Sjoerd Bruil (Sukilove, Dez Mona);
and long-time label friends including London’s creepiest band, David Cronenberg’s Wife and Ian Button’s Papernut Cambridge.
Sleep It Off isn’t just a tribute — these covers twist the original songs into entirely new shapes, a testament both to the artists involved and the strength of the source material. It’s a celebration of a band too wild to stay in step, revived by the musicians that Jezus Factory admire and have released in various guises over the last two decades.
Press Quotes on Brazen Hussies – Year Zero: An Anthology
“Chaotic rockers slashed with Bob Quine-like guitar ejaculations.” — Record Collector
“With the quicksilver musical skills of a Fugazi or Minutemen, allied to utterly confrontational live performances … tied to a sense of imminent collapse … Brazen Hussies should have been massive … Highly recommended.” — Vive Le Rock (9/10)
“A thrash loving Suede. Leonard Cohen being reimagined by the gutters of 90’s Kings Cross.” — Whisperin’ and Hollerin’
“If it were possible to actually see a song sweat, then this would be it.” — God Is In The TV
“Rough examples of a punk attitude and sociopathic swagger … comparisons to Dogs D’Amour, Billy Joel and New York Dolls.” — The Razor’s Edge
“Lou Reed and the Brazen Hussies shared a similar playful disrespect for the song form … a city sound that smacks of too much traffic, too many people, bright lights, … threat, danger and edge … This music is serious. Really. It’s experimental … Don’t dismiss it. Give it the respect it deserves.” — Hi-Fi World
“Expect the unexpected … the whole album seems like an ode to musical schizophrenia … Jazz, country, rock, funk, punk, soul … all have a place … this hidden gem is a richly rewarding rediscovery.” — Luminous Dash
1. Papernut Cambridge – Pop Song
2. Benny Zen – Forgot More Than I Ever Knew
3. Elko Blijweert – Sleep It Off
4. Heyme – Salt Leak
5. David Cronenberg’s Wife – I Looked Into Your Eyes
6. Donkey Diesel – Fleur
7. Sjoerd Bruil – Crawfish
8. Jon Doe One – Scrape
9. Harvesters – Wet Shelter
10. Kloot Per W – Thin Lips
11. Rudy Trouvé – Forgot More Than I Ever Knew
12. Jereon Stevens – Touch It
13. Starsha Lee – The Whole World Envies Us
14. Dolk – Heavy Electricity
15. Craig Ward – Bridesville
16. Brazen Hussies – Scrape (Somerville Version)
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