"Hey, what up daddy-o!" Um...actually, I don't think that's the vibe here at all. This bygone Chicago export weren't casual or cheery in the least in fact. Try a decidedly austere, goth/post-punk/noir modus operandi instead and you'll see what
Daddy-O had in mind - and they were thoroughly adept at it as well. The spindly atmospherics and icy, chiming chords that commence "Run to Hide" smack of the kind of gripping latticework of early For Against staked their reputation on...that is until
Laura Ryan's vocals insert themselves about a minute or so in, transporting the song to a wholly more dramatic stratum, not unlike Siouxsie and the Banshees circa their '80s salad days. Imbued with more discernable melodic chops, subsequent pieces "16 Days" and "Your Yesterday" curtail the tension a notch, occasionally recalling then-contemporary Midwesterners
The Millions. You won't find so much as a bum or weak spot on
Paris on the Prairie, however this cassette ep (an early credit for indie producer
Brad Wood) was all Daddy-O left for us. This was a primo find.
01. Run to Hide
02. 16 Days
03. Your Yesterday
04. Rudy's Trunk
05. Two Sharp Clicks
Nice find. Love the guitars in Your Yesterday
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