4AD are going exactly the same way as original, life affirmingly
INDEPENDENT allies Mute by signing pretty hopeless bands. If The
Mountain Goats are the new Pixies then that pig really DID
just fly past the window. More up Clint's street are these and even he
thinks they're a bit pants. The band's new CD, 'Tallahassee' is out this
week. Supposedly their 12th album, previous efforts have been on little
US indies, this 4AD debut is average alt-country tinged lo-fi strum
rock. Some might find some nuggets of gold up in them thar mountains but
all I found were some old Yak droppings. Gorgeous packaging like but the
words 'polish' and 'turd' spring to mind (again)....
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What their label says...
TALLAHASSEE
Release Date: 27/01/2003 CAD 2215 CD
01 Tallahassee 02 First Few Desperate Hours 03 Southwood Plantation Road 04 Game Shows Touch Our Lives 05 The House That Dripped Blood 06 Idylls Of The King 07 No Children 08 See America Right 09 Peacocks 10 International Small Arms Traffic Blues 11 Have To Explode 12 Old College Try 13 Oceanographer's Choice 14 Alpha Rats Nest
