Import 45s

Rip It Up, Issue 176, 1 March 1992, Page 35

Import 45s

Never heard SEBADOH before and for some reason expected them to sound like the Incredible String Band, but on 'Oven is my Friend' (Siltbreeze) that's exactly who they didn't sound like, who'd've credited it. What they do sound like is mangy-assed mongrel guitar clatter of the lowest sort and after 20 or 30 plays I guess I'm learning to like it. Up there at Flying Nun they told me "These guys are as good as PAVEMENT!" but at this stage I'm still saying "Uuuhhh..." Talkin' 'bout PAVEMENT tho', there's still some copies of their 'Summer Babe' (Drag City) round and if anything is "as good as Pavement", it is this. A real recommendation, believe me. GUMBALL is Don Fleming's new band and like the name suggests kind of a bubblegummy version of 8.A.L.L., something I was not expecting to wanna hang around with for too long, but This Town' (Paperhouse) is short and damn near as sharp and I can dig

it no trouble at all. A ARCHIPELIGO BREWING CO's 'Criswell' (Nutsed) plays at different speeds either side and I couldn't figure which was which and so what too, cos none of it really polished my pipe at ' any rpm... still if y'dig Thinking Fellers Union, World of Pooh, that type of stuff, sure, thanks, you're welcome. . ? Too bad the only UNREST record they've got in at the mo is 'A Factory Record' (Sub Pop which is like it says, four covers of Fac wax which at least proves that someone somewhere actually bought and listened to all those records by Crawling Chaos, Crispy Ambulance etc... I sure didn't. Some other stuff on Teen Beat (Unrest's label) around tho' — the EGGS single ('Ocelot' / 'Skyscraper) is pretty orthodox (ie boring) “alternative" (ie real boring) rock (tho' with some pleasant French horn stylings), but there's one by JONNY COHEN ('Space Butterfly') which is just fuggin peachy — three songs I wouldn't be . saying anything too original if I compared 'em to Daniel Johnston on a good day ... that's a recommendation too and hey if yr the guy that played Unrest's 'Skinhead Gurl' on BFM a while back, how's 'bout playing it again so I can tape it? Thanks. You oughta be able to get any of the above-mentioned from Real Groovy or Truetone (Chch? Echo I think) or if you live anywhere else try writing fora mail order cat. from FLYING IN, PO Box 677, Auckland.

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