The Posies - Frosting On The Beater [Geffen, 1993, Vinyl: NM] * Original Press

	£		100
	$		132

Description

The Posies - Frosting On The Beater Geffen Records Original credits inner

The best modern power pop album ever! The opener is one of the hits, which has that kind of edgy, non-resolving sound that's just barely "pop", which the Posies are famous for even on their less heavy records, but I'm mostly a fan of this where it sounds a little more "pop". On that note, "Solar Sister" is a note-perfect translation of Sonic Youth's more accessible stuff into a dark, jazzy but incredibly catchy powerpop tune (with some really tasty lead playing). Along those lines are the next three tunes, all of which are more immediately catchy than most of the Posies more "pop" stuff, oddly. "Solar" is the highlight, but I'm also really fond of "Love Letter Boxes".
The second half of the record has much more slow, burnt-out record that is, nevertheless, beautiful and extremely well-written. This kicks off with "Burn and Shine", which again has a certain Polvo/Sonic Youth-ish guitars-untuning-themselves sound and a swamp-blues drum groove, but the chorus hook is just massive; they temper that with a long, gorgeously-warped jam in the second half of the record. This also describes fairly well the massive closer, another favorite, which together last for more than 13 minutes. Two small exceptions to this are "Earlier Than Expected", a nice little moody-but-pretty powerpop choon, and the somewhat uninteresting "20 Questions" (one of the only missteps on this record, perhaps the only). In between those two poles are the terrific midtempo jammer "Mute Tongues" and the pretty good "How She" (I have to admit that I just generally prefer Ken's writing, though). Tack on a decent ballad ("Lights Out") and that's the record.
The stuff that makes this record a five-star, IMHO, are the songwriting, harmonies, and guitars. The songs themselves are just generally clever and well-written, often taking interesting turns in mood and just as frequently grabbing successfully at the heartstrings. The harmonies are often fairly simple but they mesh really well with the often dissonant chording and they're very interesting despite being simple (the chorus of "Burn and Shine" in particular is pretty incredible). And the guitars--the Posies didn't just turn up the loud for this record; they got all kinds of dissonant and complex in the chords. Fortunately, the hooks are still really immediate--even moreso than before!--but there's just that extra twist to the proceedings. But not only is the whole thing interesting in that Sonic Youth-ish way--Ken and Jon can also play, uncorking some massive leads throughout. It's never gratuitous, and it's always very raw/live-performance-feeling--just super exciting throughout.
This is an absolutely must hear, highest of recommendations goes out for it, grab it right darned now!

Grading scale: NM > EX > VG+ > VG > Good > Poor

Vinyl: NM. Looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. The finish is shiny with some light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times. Labels are superb, clean and bright without marks. Spindle shows no sign of wear. And no warps.

Cover: VG+ SPINE: Clear, readable text | SEAMS: Top & Bottom intact without splits | CREASES: None or minor only | RING WEAR : None | DEFACING: Minor marks front (Actual images so you can check the condition)

Track listing

Show track credits

• 1 Dream All Day 2 Solar Sister 3 Flavor of the Month 4 Love Letter Boxes 5 Definite Door 6 Burn & Shine 7 Earlier Than Expected 8 20 Questions 9 When Mute Tongues Can Speak 10 Lights Out 11 How She Lied by Living 12 Coming Right Along

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