Beaster was Sugar’s 1993 EP. The songs were recorded at the same time as the band’s acclaimed first album, Copper Blue, however, it has a much denser, heavier sound than that record. The EP is a loosely conceptual work built around dark religious imagery. “JC Auto” is short for “Jesus Christ Autobiography.” The Judas Cradle, also known as the Judas Chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.