I'll stay the babbling, momentarily, and just ask you to listen RIGHT NOW to the unusually-structured, "I Got It Right", through to the cascading climax of the song, one of my favourite finales of all time:
At seventeen songs, the San Francisco band's 1987 debut album on Rough Trade is over-long but guitarist/vocalist (and bike courier) Tom Pitts (now author), as well as guitarist/singer Greg Foot (and now blogger) along with bassist/backing vocalist Carmela Thompson and drummer Joe Pethoud successfully navigate the treacherous ground between hardcore and college rock deftly, earning some very well-founded comparisons to early Soul Asylum along the way.
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| Carmela catches some air! |
Tracklist
A1 I Got It Right
A2 Egoist Twist
A3 Don Juan
A4 Grandstand Play
A5 Whistling Song
A6 Serum Hepatitis
A7 Field & Stream
A8 Let Go, Let God
A9 Fresh Clean Water
A10 Gladbag Blues
B1 Whirlwind
B2 No Beef Max
B3 Fortunate Son
B4 On Time & Wastage
B5 Rico's Blues
B6 Half The Time
B7 Doesn't Somebody Wanna Be Wanted Like Me
The rip and scans of this long-sought after rarity are courtesy of the amazing lubes17319 and if you'd like to hear what these Short Dogs sounded like when they grew up, go visit Spavid over at Willfully Obscure!
