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VHF57 - CD
783881005721
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ON THIS LONG PLANNED (AND FREQUENTLY DELAYED) RESTORATION OF THE VIRGINIA TRIO'S RARE AND OUT-OF-PRINT SINGLES AND COMPILATION TRACKS FROM THE EARLY '90S, ALL 30 TRACKS MAKE THEIR FIRST CD APPEARANCE, RESTORING TWO OF THE EARLIEST VHF TITLES TO PRINT, ALONG WITH A WEALTH OF OTHER IMPOSSIBLE-TO-FIND GEMS. COVERING THEIR MOST ACTIVE YEARS, ADD THIS TO RHETORIC CAPTURES WINGTIP SLOAT AT THEIR BAFFLING, FRAGMENTARY BEST, DEALING OUT SLASHING ROCK SIDES THAT BRISTLE WITH HOOKS AND EAR-CATCHING WEIRDNESS. SLOAT'S SUPERBLY PACKAGED, HANDMADE/HOMEMADE SINGLES WERE AMONG THE FINEST OF THEIR ERA, AND ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR HERE ON A PLAIN OL' CD, THE MUSIC STILL SOUNDS AS REVELATORY AS IT DID 15 YEARS AGO. RIFLING THROUGH IDEAS WITH WIRE-LIKE EFFICIENCY, PAT FOSTER'S TREBLY, JABBING GUITAR, ANGE DUBUC'S RUMBLING BASS, AND DAVE BISHOP'S UNPREDICTABLE DRUM SPLATTER CARRIED THE CHARGE THAT PRETTY MUCH INVENTED THE VHF LABEL ITSELF. WEARING THEIR INFLUENCES ON THEIR SLEEVES, THE CD INCLUDES SMASHING COVERS OF KEY TRACKS BY THE CLEAN, TALL DWARFS, SUN CITY GIRLS, SWELL MAPS, AND WORLD OF POOH. BOOKLET INCLUDES LINER NOTES FROM THE BAND AND VHF HQ ALONG WITH PERIOD EPHEMERA FOR A FULL IMMERSION EXPERIENCE.
Tracks
1. M31 2. TURBINE MOTHER 3. ASPERMICLE
4. BLESSED NIMBUS, CHURNING 5. TEAPOT DOME
6. MASS FUCKING IN THE HAYSTACKS
7. THEY CAME WITH MARGARINE AND IN-LAWS
8. IT REMINDS ME 9. NADA DRY LEMO
10. I WISH I?D BEEN THERE TO MAKE IT ACLICHE
11. KILL THE KLANSMEN 12. FULL VAMKA
13. UM BA WINGA (UM BA GO)
14. YOU?RE HAPPIER THAN YOU REALIZE
15. PURPLE MARTINI 16. PIT CAPLE CASTLE
17. BLACK MOTORIST 18. INFECTIOUS SHARPS ONLY
19. BEAUTY 20. THE BED POT
21. LEFT LEANING FORWARD 22. ASHCAN SCHOOL
23. SALT RISING BREAD 24. HOLDING, WAITING
25. WAXING NEUROTIC AND SO ON AND ON
26. BOB HOWE 27. I?M ON THE WRONG SIDE
28. LEAP INTO MY VELVET ARMS
29. READ ABOUT SEYMOUR 30. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN
Press
REVIEWS IN THE WIRE, PLAN B, MOJO, UNCUT (TBC)