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- Date Released: October 7, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Dischord Records
God almighty, they ruled.
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We Say...
If Happy Go Licky had made a studio album during their meteoric run, it might have stood with Sister, Songs About Fucking and You're Living All Over Me as a defining 1987 post-punk joint. Instead, they played a handful of shows and left an enigmatic live 12-inch that eventually tripled in size for this 1997 reissue. The lineup was the same as Rites of Spring, but they scrapped the emo clichés they accidentally invented in favor of hip-hop-informed tape collages, dance rhythms and a random weirdness that made for a badass vibe these cats never quite topped. Grooves rise and fall, lyrics are fragments ("Get the dog/ Definitely," "She's my man now"), "Twist and Shout" anticipates everything Girls Against Boys did and Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines" gets a wonderfully messy cover. The wonderfully anthemic "Torso Butter" even contains one of punk's most concise manifestoes: "Nothing gets clean/ 'Til it's called into question." God almighty, they ruled.
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They Say...
A brief, insane, and avant-garde reincarnation of the legendary Rites of Spring, blurting seemingly stream-of-conciousness lyricism over quirky and rather interesting guitar work. Rites of Spring fans will most likely be taken aback by hearing this -- it is not what you would expect from the grilled, emphatic Rites of Spring, nor is it similar to the other post-ROS band, One Last Wish. Put together entirely from taping sessions of live shows and practices, the production on the album leaves something to be desired. In all, however, it is a rather interesting document of one of the most peculiar enigmas to rise from the D.C. scene.
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| 01. |  |
Ansol |
4:29 |
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| 02. | |
Peterbilt |
2:39 |
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| 03. | |
Brigham Young |
2:10 |
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| 04. | |
White Lines |
2:29 |
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| 05. | |
Torso Butter |
3:23 |
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| 06. | |
Casing |
4:09 |
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| 07. | |
Twist and Shout |
4:35 |
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| 08. | |
Pastel Blue Eyes |
1:32 |
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| 09. | |
Abandon Me |
3:39 |
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| 10. | |
13 Months of Sunshine |
4:10 |
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| 11. | |
Suzuki |
3:23 |
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| 12. | |
Boca Raton |
5:12 |
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| 13. | |
Born Like Steam |
2:58 |
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| 14. | |
Battery |
4:01 |
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| 15. | |
Don't Bone Me |
5:27 |
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| 16. | |
Cutthroat Answer |
4:03 |
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| 17. | |
Pastel Blue Eyes |
1:37 |
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| 18. | |
Suzuki |
2:45 |
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| 19. | |
Ansol |
3:05 |
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| 20. | |
Casing |
2:10 |
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| 21. | |
D.I.Y. Ansol |
4:58 |
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21 Total Tracks, 72:54 Total Length
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Credits
- Brendan Canty - Drums // Edward Janney - Guitar // Edward Janney - Vocals // Edward Janney - Paintings // Edward Janney - Tapes // Guy Picciotto - Guitar // Guy Picciotto - Vocals // Mike Fellows - Bass // Mike Fellows - Vocals
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