aMINIATURE - Plexiwatt (1991, Scheming Intelligentsia/Restless)

Ever since namedropping them a few night ago I've had this kinetic San Diego troupe on the brain.  Thing is, they didn't sound particularly kinetic until they hit their stride on their 1993 mini-masterpiece Depthfiveratesix.  It was on that record that aMINIATURE proved their dextrous knack for melding math-rock dissonance with emotive hooks.  For better or worse, everyone has to start somewhere, and for this bunch that spelled a thing called Plexiwatt, which I'm offering today.  It's a formative debut for sure, and though I regard it as fairly nondescript, aMINIATURE were at the very least laying down some sweet guitar tones here and there.  Plexiwatt was initially released on the micro-indie Scheming Intelligentsia in '91, but reissued on Restless on the heels of the band's relatively successful Depthfive... and 1995's Murk Time Cruiser.   You can check out a couple of split singles with aMINIATURE and locals Drip Tank here. 

01. Skyline
02. Security From a Stranger
03. Bassboost
04. Windskirt
05. Fake It
06. Memory Traveler
07. Frozen
08. A Ragged Town

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