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PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:15 am 
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sorry for cross posting but I saw that everyone else who made a mix for rparis74's mix thread started their own thread to announce their mix so here's mine:

link: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... BE512E2AB3

If you're unfamiliar, they were an Austin, TX band that released 2 singles, 3 EPs and 1 album from 1996-2000, mostly on Trance Syndicayte or, after that label's demise, on Jagjaguwar.

I've been a big fan of them since I heard one of their songs ("The Bees") on a Trance Syndicate sampler back in '98. Plain Sweeping Themes For the Unprepaired, their only LP, is one of my all time favorites. It's a shame they never garnered much attention and are now virtually forgotten. Even in their hometown, no one seems to remember them. Their music is slow and lethargic and takes repeated listens to get into, also they were no great shakes live, all of which might have contributed to their lack of popularity.

One of them went on to play in The Pilot Ships, with one of the guys from Stars of the Lid, but aside from that none of them have released any music for years. I think 3 or 4 of them work for the Austin Chronicle now.

stylisticaly, codeine, rex, and bedhead are good landmarks.

if nothing else, listen to #6 The Bees, it and #3 are probably their best songs. Both of them have been stuck in my head for about 8 years now.

Tracklist:
01. Dee
02. Waking Up
03. Elephant Sound
04. We Aren't the Stars
05. The Ford Chevy Debate
06. The Bees
07. Wusses
08. TN (Spirit of the Wild)
09. Cat/Moth
10. Weren't Gone
11. Candidate
12. Lie
13. Overplayed
14. Vinyl
15. Uninspired
16. Mountain
17. Veronica
18. Spirits of Unfreedom
19. Your Shapeless Head
20. (I was) Eighteen (It Was Hate)
21. Waiting
22. Opus 11.11

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I've got Avonden 091099. Haven't thought about them in awhile though. Should dig it out and take another gander at it.

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