Skyscraper/Grady Sisters 7" (1995, Omnibus)

Haven't posted a split single in awhile, and this one features a band that's brand new to these pages, Skyscraper.  Ostensibly hailing from Davis, CA the coed foursome in question, whip up a fury of serrated guitars and distortion sounding some like three parts Jawbreaker and one (or two) parts Archers of Loaf, circa Icky Mettle.  Their side of this wax, "Rockgirl" is the only tune of theirs that I've been enlightened to, and though they didn't persist long enough to give us an album, a couple of other Skyscraper items are floating around, if you can locate them.  The Grady Sisters were another Cali indie-rock proposition, whose 1993 ep on Geometric Records I offered a few years ago.  The Sisters' contribution to this 45, "Meridian" loosely hovers in the vicinity of their east coast contemporaries Chisel (yep, Ted Leo & Co.). Satisfying if not particularly remarkable.  

A. Skyscraper - Rockgirl

B. Grady Sisters - Meridian

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