Thursday, July 25, 2013

Bitter Pleasures - Eat the Monument ep (1983)

Here's a self-released ep from a Madison, WI quartet, and yes, this was recorded at Smart Studios and Butch Vig had a hand in recording it.  On renovated, Merseybeat jewels like "My My My" and "Guilt Reaction," Bitter Pleasures carry themselves in a manner that would do the Left Banke proud.  The pumping bass line that drives "The Collision Within" might as well have been plucked from one of the first two Arthur Lee and Love albums, while "For a Little While" closes this affair out in comparatively '80s power pop fashion.  A couple other blogs beat me to the punch on this one, but this is taken from my own rip... which unfortunately suffers from some surface noise that I will hopefully be able to rectify at some point. 

01. My My My
02. Respect For Silence
03. Idler's Lament
04. The Collision Within
05. Guilt Reaction
06. For a Little While

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9 comments:

  1. crabbydadJuly 25, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    Saw these guys in college, circa 1983. "My My My" was a goto for mix tapes back in the day. Solid album.

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  2. Frank MillerJuly 25, 2013 at 4:05 PM

    Nice One, this has been on my post pile for about a year now. I never got around to it; I guess now I don't have too. Great record and long time fav. Thank You

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  3. spavidJuly 25, 2013 at 7:11 PM

    You're welcome. Too bad there isn't more where this came from.

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  4. bglobe313July 26, 2013 at 2:02 AM

    References to The Left Banke and Arthur Lee's Love, well that means I have got to check it out.

    I am confident I can give you a "thanks for posting" even before I listen.

    Ace K.

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  5. Bruce K.April 28, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    Well, nine months later I am finally actually listening to this and it is really quite good. Definitely makes one wish for more.

    Once again, thanks for doing the work and making this available.

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  6. PoodleHead2005April 24, 2015 at 7:45 PM

    Can you re-up this, please? Thanks.

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  7. spavidApril 25, 2015 at 11:29 AM

    The link has been updated.

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  8. PoodleHead2005April 25, 2015 at 7:14 PM

    Thank you! :)

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  9. UnknownJanuary 23, 2019 at 4:13 PM

    This was my dad's band out of wisconsin

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