Dear god, doesn't this look like the worst album artwork you've ever seen? AND doesn't have the world's most awkward band name there? AND DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE THAT THIS "ALBUM" HAS 20 SONGS AND 6 BONUS TRACKS!?!?!?!?!
Well here's the deal. This was released as a cassette in 1988 and was since reissued in 1995 with 6 bonus recordings spanning the gap from 1986 to 1989. AND the bonus tracks include a CARPENTERS COVER! the same one sonic-youth did on the juno soundtrack, along with that kinks song "victoria" who's lyrics went as such:
"inside, village green
juno dear, you're my queen
drive a van,
i'm your man,
yellow shorts, all so clean,
juno's baby, washing machine,
kim gordon leather bag face,
makes me dance all over the place -
VICTORIAAAAAA
VICTROLAAAA
VITERACOLA
LA LA LA
LOLA
WOAAOOOAA
LOLA
CHERRY COLA
MAXWELL POLKA
WARSAW
IAN CURTIS".
ANYhoos, so, yes, originally, this was a 20 song cassette. how is it? well, kinda mixed.
YOU SEE - the thinking fellers were from san francisco, BUT before they wound up there, they were all grew up in IOWA. these two places, are quite different. HERE. FOR some reason, this doesn't sound as much like a TFUL282 album as the others (Lovelyville, Mother of all Saints). Maybe because its the first release?? I don't know, it seems like listening to this TFUL282 album, that the group could be made up of a bunch of loggers or something from Virginia. I mean, it tends to have a very "rural" feeling to it. Maybe that's the Iowa aspect or something. For lack of a better term, it seems kinda hick-ish. I mean, look at the tracks: "truck drivin' man", "mile wide", "mr tuna's big old place", "misfits park". They all have some sort of semi-rednecky feel to them. Maybe its the guitars. Or they just overuse that yokel-sounding accent a little to much. I can't tell.
Also, some songs go on too long. Like "out in the kitchen" doesn't need to be 6.5 minutes long. And "get off my house" certainly spends too much time building for something that just barely comes. BUT I do like "nipper", the song about a dog. and "hell rules" is quite fantastic as well. ohh! and what about anne's lead vocal debut, "i don't know"?? well, its not the best, but still, nice job!
and they all sound so young here! i mean, listen to the voices - they sound so little! it's adorable!!! and if you are one of those folks who's like "dude, where's the feller filler?", well, "its right here!" is what i would reply/
the whole album is just feller filler! and my whole turkey is stuffing! from stouffer's!
and i can't think of a better way to start off a first release by a band than "it's seven", which is a brief noisy mess with the band members yelling in the background. truly delightful.
OH! and let me say, that this is with the original drummer. how can you tell? because the other guy who's on every other TFUL282 release is better. at least, i think so. but, i bet this guy was a nice feller. GET IT, A NICE FELLER!?
OVERALL RATING - "WAYSIDE SCHOOL GET'S A LITTLE STRANGER"
KEY TRACKS - hell rules, narlus spectre, nipper, leaky bag
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