MINE
Oh, I'm sorry, YourZ - I know this is your first favourite and I tried, I really tried to like it. But it's no way as good as Harmacy - except perhaps for the opening number. The rest of it was kind of ordinary. It's pretty typical of that indie sound that was all around in 1994. The production's OK but there's nothing to make me wake up and say hello.
VERDICT: TURN IT DOWN
YOURZ
My first choice out is Bakesale, by Sebadoh. This album, probably more than any other of the time (with a possible exception being Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement), was the one that helped define me as both a fan and a songwriter. I wasn't interested in the glamour and sheen of big production nor could I give two shits for high fashion either in video or on stage. What I wanted was something raw, impassioned and personal. And Sebadoh had this in spades.
Not as lo-fi as previous albums, Bakesale garnered the band some mainstream attention, particularly on the back of singles Rebound, Skulls and Magnets Coil, all emotive slices of indie rock. Main man, Lou Barlow, seemed to be able to tap into the emotional bedrock of a generation of slackers with his self-deprecating lyrics. But the strength of this album doesn't belong to Barlow alone. Jason Lowenstein's contributions to the album are as equally strong and in tune with the times.
The follow up to this, Harmacy, which we reviewed here, continued in a similar vein, although it could never quite match up to the sheer emotional weight of Bakesale, at least not for me, anyway.
VERDICT: TURN IT UP
For more information go to http://www.sebadoh.com/
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