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- Date Released: August 6, 1996
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock, Alternative
- Label: K Records / SC Distribution
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Snapshot Radio is Lois' peripatetic cross-country musical jaunt, best summed up by the back cover of the CD's insert: "I wanna go and make music with friends who have been inspiring me." And of the friends she has aplenty -- members of Low, Red Red Meat, Yo La Tengo, Fugazi, and Tiger Trap all get down with Lois on this five-song EP. So, with a simple enough idea as the impetus and a bevy of famous friends at her side, Lois sojourns to recording studios in Olympia, Chicago, and Brooklyn to lay some tunes on tape. Brendan Canty and Al Sparhawk both lend their bountiful genius to give the first and best song, "My Souvenir," a humbly timeless air. Canty's electric guitar foreshadows his later work with Lois on The Union Themes LP, and Sparhawk's backing vocal shadows Lois' at a perfectly unsettling, foreboding pitch and timbre. Red Red Meat plays the backing band on two great shuffling pop departures, and James McNew chimes in with his familiar, droning synthesizer on a reworking of "Not Funny, Ha-Ha" from Lois' Infinity Plus album. As disparate from most of her catalog as her ever-popular "Ship to Shore" vocal with the Dub Narcotic Sound System, Snapshot Radio is equally rewarding and impressive.
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My Souvenir |
4:17 |
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| 02. | |
Northern Soul |
5:04 |
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| 03. | |
Tell Her |
3:31 |
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| 04. | |
No Style |
2:59 |
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| 05. | |
Not Funny, Ha Ha |
2:42 |
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05 Total Tracks, 18:33 Total Length
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Credits
- Steve Fisk - Mixing // Lois - Main Performer // Lois - Main Performer // Brian Deck - Percussion // Brian Deck - Drums // Brian Deck - Keyboards // Brian Deck - Engineer // Brian Deck - Mixing // Tim Hurley - Bass // Tim Hurley - Percussion // Tim Hurley - Guitar (Electric) // Tim Hurley - Xylophone // Calvin Johnson - Engineer // Calvin Johnson - Mixing // Tim Rutili - Piano // Tim Rutili - Guitar (Electric) // Ben Massarella - Percussion // Brendan Canty - Organ // Brendan Canty - Guitar (Electric) // Brendan Canty - Photography // Josh Gennet - Engineer // Damon Locks - Percussion // Damon Locks - Vocals // Lois Maffeo - Guitar (Acoustic) // Lois Maffeo - Vocals // Lois Maffeo - Melodica // Lois Maffeo - Photography // Lois Maffeo - Cover Design // James McNew - Synthesizer // Alan Sparhawk - Vocals // Steve Wold - Harmonica // Steve Wold - Engineer // Larry Crane - Mixing // Sarah Utter - Photography
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