Hot on the heels of the live record came
Loose Nut and
In My Head, which showed significant improvement over
My War and
Slip It In.
Henry Rollins and
Greg Ginn were exploring by-now standard lyrical themes: hate, paranoia, loneliness, anomie, and violence, but framing them around music that was demanding, powerful, and exciting.
In My Head is the slightly better of the two, primarily because it's a little edgier and uncontrolled, but at this juncture,
Black Flag was making some of the best contemporary rock music extant. ~ John Dougan