When does this world keep away from me?

The 1988 swan song from one of the era's most consistent pop auteurs.  

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Claude Pāte 7" (1987, Pravada)

Following up my post from last night, here's another salvo from '87.  When I belatedly encountered Claude Pāte on the Iowa Compilation (also from 1987) I knew virtually nothing about them, except that I was eager to hear more.  Of their two proper releases, this 45 is all I own thus far, but if you're hankering for straight-up, no frills rock and roll, C/P satisfy along the same lines as Fire Town, Snatches of Pink, and Carnival Season (wilfully obscure references, I know). And btw, they were a band (a trio to be exact), not an individual.  The everyman grippes presented in their songs are seasoned with grit, earnestness, and riffy power chords, however these guys had enough class to keep things from careening off the rails.  

A. I Will, If You Will

B. Ain't There/It's Gone

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Roy G Biv - s/t ep (1987, Whitelight)

If not an outright cold case, Minneapolis' Roy G Biv didn't exactly leave behind a proverbial trail of crumbs with the exception of this disk.  This quartet clocked in/out circa that late '80s era when punks were slowing down a notch and getting more tuneful.  Ramshackle, albeit not particularly abrasive these boys could've rubbed shoulders with contemporaries the Nils and Junk Monkeys, when they felt enthused enough to apply themselves to such inspired nuggets as "Off My Path" and "Poor Little Baby."   Four songs does not a long record make, and frankly, "Carousel" could have used some editing, usurping a valuable five+ minutes here.  The folks that put together the Homework cd-r comp series must have been impressed, as "Off My Path" appeared on volume 4. 

01. Dallas

02. Off My Path

03. Carousel

04. Poor Little Baby

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One hundred cigarettes all alight...

"Field recordings" from a short-lived, UK post-punk proposition circa 1979-81, who never realized their loftier ambitions.

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God's Eye - Love's a Bargain (1990, 20/20)

Last year you came for God's Eye's "Back Again" 45, not realizing it was actually dessert for their main course, Love's a Bargain.  Not necessarily in league with the likes of other Beantown combos, Buffalo Tom or The Lemonhead's G/E do conjure the overarching modus operandi of the John Strohm/Freda Love fronted post-Blake Babies combo, Antenna.  This is to say, while God's Eye weren't innovators they were still passable. The aforementioned single "Back Again" is for better or worse the centerpiece of ...Bargain, wielding a big, juicy colossal hook - but was this nugget so potent that the trio in question weren't able to transcend it?  As for the album writ large, I might have to offer a reluctant "yes," yet it's still worth a few rotations. Merely one ep followed ...Bargain so we can only wonder if a hypothetical sophomore God's Eye album would have yielded the sort of knock-out punch suggested by "Back Again."

01. Rapunzel 

02. Back Again

03. Overground

04. Sea Chantey

05. Liberty

06. All Adds Up

07. Bright

08. Trial Size Hearts

09. Good Years

10. For Example

11. What's Love Worth

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