Yet another single I've only been able to procure via ones and zeros. Despite not owning a physical copy, I know that
Mystery Date (who were one of numerous bands with the same moniker - go figure) were Georgia denizens, possibly from the oft-noted Athens. Beyond boasting some serious post-punk angularities, whether they were conscious of the fact or not, M/D were prescient enough to forecast the riot-grrrl movement, a dam that would all but burst in the not-too-distant future. Sonically, they emanated a similar pigment to another Peach State cadre, Pylon, right down to some intermittently gruff vocal chops. Mystery Date bore a dazzling moxie, that for whatever the reason was never parlayed into a full-length.
A. Zoom
B. Pink Ribbons
4 comments:
Fantastic stuff. A real shame they didn’t record more, but I did manage to find one additional cut that appeared on a 1988 Twilight Records comp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lD6a0hNeco
That's a pretty decent first single. Nice post punk overtones, perhaps a little late by 1985 but music went in a bad direction around then anyway so would have been nice to have an album of this to keep it on course.
Thank J. I have that compilation somewhere and it's definitely worthy of me sharing in it's entirety at some point.
Mystery Date singer Velena Vego books the 40 Watt Club in Athens and is married to David Lowery of Cracker and CVB.
Post a Comment