Austin's
Texas Instruments are no strangers to this site, and tonight I'm dropping what appears to be their debut release. At this stage in the game our protagonists were functioning as an economical trio, but were soon to expand to a foursome. And they were twangy youngsters at that, doling out fine rootsy traipses like "1000s of Things," a saucy mélange of mid 80's indie smarts a la a more pedestrian Minutemen with a pinch of southern rock snarl. "Checkered Flag or Crash" fares almost as effectively and presumably entails something of a narrative, albeit the Instruments' delivery is so rapid fire, you'd be forgiven for missing the plot. I can take or leave the cheeky "Queen of Chiba," and the lackadaisical "Last Lie" draws
¡More Texas... to a relatively lamentable conclusion.
01. 1000s of Things
02. Checkered Flag or Crash
03. Queen of Chiba
04. Last Lie
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