What a splendid blind purchase this turned out to be! A coed San Francisco treat who roamed the Earth between 1989-93, I don't think I was even aware of
Broom's existence until I came across this 45. The A-side, "Tranquility Forest" is a sheer delight, the kind of lo-fi gem that contemporary east-coasters like early Versus or some upstart hopeful on say Simple Machine Records might have concocted. Slight and rough hewn, with oodles of intermediate charm and fuzzy analogue hues course through virtually every nanosecond of this keeper. The flip, "Carpet" isn't quite as convincing, nonetheless still adequate, with a less-tuneful gentleman on the mic as opposed to the fairer sex fronting the aforementioned "Tranquility." The only other proper Broom release was a preceding 1992 single. in 2015
Patterns and Tones blog offered a thorough interview with members
Steven Brown and
Eric Bluhm where it was revealed that guitarist
Roxanne Rodriguez passed away in 2003.
A. Tranquility Forest
B. Carpet
3 comments:
Really good thank you!
thanks. sounds good. bit of a flying nun feel to track 1. great to see you're still doing this log. i came across it a while back.
I'm biased since the guitarist/singer was my best friend in highschool but I absolutely LOVE this single! Fantastic indie psych-pop. I wish they had released more! Thanks for sharing this
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