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- From: hk@caesar.rice.edu (Hyonchol Kahng)
- Subject: Re: Superchunk
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- References: <1992Dec19.234907.28591@Princeton.EDU> <1992Dec22.222138.7849@rdr.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:50:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.222138.7849@rdr.com> randy@rdr.com (Randy Tidd) writes:
- >Sean Keric Murphy writes
- >> Yeah, [Superchunk is] cool, but getting boring.
- >
- >So I finally find something by them in the record stores, "Tossing
- >Seeds", and it's the worst CD I've heard in months. The whole thing
- >is really flat, without any of the energy I saw them have on stage,
- >and the vocals are SO off-key that it's hard to even listen to.
- >
- >Am I missing something? Okay well I've only listened to it 2 or 3
- >times, will it grow on me? What exactly is cool about them that all
- >you people are talking about?
-
- "Hokey Smokes, wrong record, Bullwinkle!"
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- I will agree with the above statement that the _Tossing Seeds_ singles comp
- is a bit on the weak side; however, I am of the opinion the _No Pocky for
- Kitty_ is THE Superchunk record, as far as outright brash punk energy is
- concerned - beats the socks off the (nonetheless good) debut, eponymous album.
- Might have something to do with the fact that Steve "Grunt! Grunt!" Albini did
- the engineering on that album (y'know that fella's got this habit of making
- bands sound frighteningly good - i.e. the Weddoes, Pixies, Breeders, Failure,
- Wreck, the Jesus Lizard, etc.). Cut your losses on _Tossing Seeds_, find
- someone who will dub you a copy of _No Pocky_ and then decide - that's what
- I'd say.
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- hk
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