Return to Olympus

The 1990s’ explosion of interest in Seattle rock music led to understandable retrospection about some of its roots, especially in the work of Andrew Wood following the posthumous success of Mother Love Bone and the Temple of the Dog tribute. Return to Olympus provided an overview of Wood’s initial group Malfunkshun, drawing on various unreleased sessions recorded in 1986 and 1987. Ted Nugent’s “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” gets covered but there’s everything from spoken-word weirdness to frazzled feedback rampages to stately classic rock-inspired anthems.