Delta Clutch - Shine 7" (1994, Lady, I Like)

I've owned a CD by this Mass. trio probably for a solid 60% of my life, yet the impression it left was somewhat nondescript.  The 45 I'm sharing today is another matter.  Two memorable, strummy numbers, with "Shine" bearing resemblances to certain late-80s SST signees, albeit nothing obvious.  A much more lackadaisical fIREHOSE or Angst perhaps?  Anyway, the chorus is undeniably the selling point that keeps this five-minute A-side pleasantly afloat.  The plaintive "Baby, The Rain" is a subdued, acoustic traipse, the kind of comfy, goes-down-smooth ditty that would be the perfect accompaniment for any given afternoon slouch in a hammock.

A. Shine

B. Baby, The Rain

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