Pere Ubu s darkest and most dramatic statement St Arkansas remains a work of offhand brilliance by a band who often seem capable of miracles. This edition is newly remixed by David Thomas in 2021 and reissued on Fire Records. Following Pennsylvania St Arkansas (2002) was Pere Ubu s next studio album featuring a travelogue of characters encountered on the Mighty Road from Conway Arkansas to Tupelo Mississippi I-40 to US 49 to State 6. I drove the route and wrote down what the Road was telling me. David Thomas. Pere Ubu are the mainstream. Immediate energised and claustrophobic. It s difficult to think of a more important band. Mojo // Straddling the extremes of pure uncompromising modern art and pure uncompromising loud rock. The Sunday Times.