Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The Papillomas - Corolla (1995, Hub City)

Had a request for the first album by the Nanaimo, BC-based Papillomas, and here it is.  Corolla managed to stradle the scrappier side of Maritime province bands like Eric's Trip and early-Thrush Hermit, but also had a toehold in the Chapel Hill indie scene of it's day.  Not long after the release of Corolla, the Papillomas bashed out the significantly more sophisticated Twice as Early as You'd Ever Want to Be There and the finale ep, When Years Were Bee Stings in 2001, both of which I shared awhile back (just click on the titles).  Corolla closes shop with an unlisted and very amateurish stab at Loverboy's "Working For the Weekend."  You have been warned.

01. Hub City
02. Corolla
03. Better Than You
04. Piece of Corn
05. Raiffe Hollisater Sings
06. Superpopstar
07. Next to Near
08. Butterkid
09. Yeah...
10. Working for the Weekend
11. Ted Nugent's Spine
12. Tater Gem
13. Working For the Weekend

Amazon's got it.

7 comments:

JohnnyHank said...

Crazy. I listened to this on the way home from work today. Don't remember where I picked it up, but thanks for sharing it. It's reeeeallllly good!

DJS-416 said...

Any chance of a re-up on this release. This is the one i have been searchin for. I come up emty all the time

DJS-416 said...

Any chance of a re-up on this release. This is the one i have been searchin for. I come up emty all the time

Unknown said...

I would love it for this too! Not to mention the other albums. I have the other two CDs but they are in poor shape and I can never get a good rip!

I actually have two unreleased tracks from them, because my brother was in the studio when they were recording!

spavid said...

The link has been updated, Keep checking back for the other two. They were really excellent.

Unknown said...

Thanks man! I really appreciate it.

Bill Smith said...

I have both albums and the EP - ripped. Great stuff! Let me know if you want them....tripmush at gmail.com. Would love to hear those two unreleased tracks...