As is so often the case these days, the song popped into my head unbidden over the weekend. The backstory is that the indie album that it's from crossed my desk at Stereo Review with no advance warning, and it will surprise nobody to learn that the main reason I gave it a spin immediately was due to the Vox guitar posed so enticingly on the right hand side of the album cover.
As for Fire Town, they got signed soon after to Atlantic, who re-released the album; alas, it still refused to sell despite my raving about it in the pages of SR. Two of the band members, however, went on to form Garbage with Shirley Manson, and the rest, as they say, is history.
That said, the whole album is great; I think I have a complete download of it somewhere, so if the above piques your curiosity, gimme a holler and I'll send you a zip file.
Both “fab” AND ”gear”. (An extremely rare combination.).
ReplyDeleteSounds like something the Floor Models would have produced. Did you ever cover it?
Jai Guru Dave
I very much wanted us to, but we never got around to it.
DeleteI like it! Never heard it before.
ReplyDeleteCaptain Al
A tasty tune and I’m sure I have the LP I bought based on your review. Another fine jangle-pop band in the wake of R.E.M. was the Canadian group The Grapes of Wrath who did several eps and lps.
ReplyDelete- Paul in DK
Don’t know those guys — I’ll check them out, thanks!
DeleteStart with Treehouse, one of my favorite albums of all time.
DeleteC in California
wth is with that guitar? it looks like a pizza peel or a canoe paddle! the god of guitars must be personally offended by this thing.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah - nice song.
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ReplyDeleteFlat-out love it! Great song, great arrangement, great performances - it really delivers the goods.
ReplyDeleteSounds great, not sure how I missed it in SR!
ReplyDeleteI read SR in no small part due to your reviews. When I read this I had to go out and buy it like I'd done with a few other unknowns you championed (Shoes, White Animals come to mind). Absolutely loved it so I dubbed it to cassette so I could travel with it. As your reviews over the years built, I can say looking back you were the critic with the same mindset/ears for my tastes in a sea of many I couldn't relate to.
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