SWIRLIES Blonder Tongue Audio Baton LP TAANG 1992 US orig+inner TAANG 67 RARE
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SWIRLIES
Originally a Go-Go's cover band called Raspberry Bang, the Swirlies formed in Boston in 1990. Along with Kudgel and Fat Day, the band -- guitarist/singer Damon Tuntunjian, singer/guitarist Seana Carmody, bassist Andy Bernick, and drummer Ben Drucker -- was a part of the city's chimp rock scene, which pitted dreamy, guitar-based pop against noisy, experimental tendencies. The Swirlies made their recorded debut with the six-song EP Swirlies Number One, and then proceeded to release a slew of singles, including Red Fishdreams with fellow chimp rockers Kudgel. The band signed to the Boston-based Taang! label and released a mini-album, What to Do About Them, in 1992. A collection of the group's singles along with new material, it hinted at the band's departure from typical dream pop...
"BLONDER TONGUE AUDIO BATON"
1992 LP TAANG! RECORDS TAANG! 67
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE + COMPANY INSERT
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER (Jacket Made in Canada)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 7 22975-0067-1 8
LABEL: TAANG! - WHITE/YELLOW (A) & B/W (B) LABELS - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) TAANG! 67
Catalog on labels: (Side A only) T-67-LP
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): T-67 A HUB(or R)TV AATB
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): T-67-B
On labels:(Side A only) © Taang! 92 FROM SOMEONE
On Inner Sleeve: credits
On Back Cover: © Taang! Records Inc. (1992) ? 1992 Toonidge Publishing (BMI)
TAANG! RECORDS P.O. Box 51 Auburndale, MA 02166
tracklisting
Side A: UNTITLED - BELL - VIGILANT ALWAYS - HIS LOVE JUST WASHED AWAY
HIS LIFE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM - PANCAKE - UNTITLED
Side B: JEREMY PARKER - PARK THE CAR BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
TREE CHOPPED DOWN - WRONG TUBE - WAIT FOREVER
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RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Swirlies' first full-length album melds noisy guitars, samples, and sweet girl-boy vocals into a disheveled take on dream pop. Where so many dreamy bands polish their sound into pristine oblivion, the Swirlies create a hazy atmosphere that is evocative and unpretentious. Blonder Tongue Audio Baton -- named after a vintage tube equalizer -- combines the elements of the band's early work with more complexity. Songs like "Bell" and "Vigilant Always" juxtapose gentle and brash moments for a spontaneous feel, while "His Life of Artistic Freedom" expands on the Swirlies' noisy, experimental side. The group also shows off their accessible fuzz-pop on the album's centerpiece, "Pancake." The combination of Seana Carmody's demure vocals, big guitars, and burbling Mellotrons makes for one of Boston's most memorable pop moments since the Pixies' "Gigantic." The crunchy rhythms of "Tree Chopped Down" and "Wrong Tube" complement Damon Tuntunjian and Carmody's limpid vocals beautifully, and the sweetly noisy "Wait Forever" sums up the Swirlies' homemade noise pop aesthetic.
A mainstay of early-'90s indie music, Blonder Tongue Audio Baton still sounds fresh today...(AllMusic)
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