This was a neat find from my visit to
Antique World this past weekend. Purchased sound unheard (my take on the old phrase "sight unseen"), what little info I was able to glean online regarding
Naomi's Hair is that they arose from the same Gainesville, FL scene that brought us Less Than Jake and For Squirrels (taking most of their cues from the latter I should add). The proceedings kick off with the brilliant, sassy punk corker "Tilt-a-Whirl," a cover of an obscure
Gizmos song, decked out in shades of Twin/Tone era 'Mats and early Snatches of Pink. That nugget of gold is followed up by the chugging, anti-war screed "Tinker, Tailor" which wouldn't sound too far out of place on a vintage REM record.
Tara gets more eclectic on side two, thanks in part to the speedy, bluegrass-indebted melee, "Caroline," while the jangly but ever so wry "Con But For" and "Bobbies Prom Dress" highlight Naomi's Hair's budding pop charm. Am very curious if there's more where this came from...
01. Tilt-a-Whirl
02. Tinker, Tailor
03. Without a Sound
04. One Shot
05. Caroline
06. Con But For
07. Bobbies Prom Dress
08. Lovin' Babe
https://rapidshare.com/files/1504989582/naomishair.rar
9 comments:
Tara was their second release. The first was a cassette called Bag Truck. There's also another full length that came after (on Figurehead Records) called Chum, which like Nirvana, just so happened to have a baby swimming underwater on the cover. Which was first? Hmmmmm. The CD version also contained Tara. There are some scattered comp tracks and a final 7". They may have started in Gainesville but are known for being from Orlando.
Awesome Jeffrey. Thanks for the full skinny on these guys. This is why I love the blogosphere.
I must be misreading this. A band in 1989 took most of their cues from a band five years later?
I adore For Squirrels, by the way.
Well, it was probably actually the other way around come to think of it. Dare I say the two bands shared members? Florida is a pretty small state after all.
Naomi's Hair was from Orlando - though they may have had a member from the Gainesville area as well. Marty (the bass player had previously played in the great REM/Byrds-sounding Orlando band The Green Today)! Paul (Guitar/vocals) & Ken (drums/vocals) from The Green Today later helped form The Lears with me in 1990.
Great Band!
Naomi's Hair started in Gainesville, Fl then moved to Orlando where they picked up bass player Marty Everett. They had a CD called "Chum" released in the early 90s that has the "Tara" EP on it. It was produced by John Croslin of The Reivers.
They were a scorching live act that, in my opinion, they never really captured on tape.
Yep, looks like I'm definitely going to have to find a copy of Chum...somewhere... Thanks for chiming in everybody.
My tribute page to Naiomi's Hair, with some tracks from both albums: http://jasperjohnny.com/naiomis-hair/
Those were great times and great music. I remember them fondly. Actually, Martin Everett is my brother-in-law.
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