I bought this tape expecting 20-something minutes of pop excellence, but that's not really how it turned out. Once I got over the disappointment, I found out that this tape is still pretty good. It's compiled mostly of warbly acoustic home recordings and some full band compositions as well. Everything on here sounds like it was recorded on half-inch tape that has been stored underwater since 1966 and then played over an AM radio broadcast from South Korea, which gives it a little bit of a VELVET UNDERGROUND "White Light/White Heat" kind of vibe. When I was digitizing this tape, I texted Naters and asked "Is this supposed to sound warbly and distant or did I just get a bad tape?" Nate simply answered "yes", which is a perfect answer. The longer story is that even though someone might be in a legitimately famous band, they still sometimes use their friends shitty ass tape duplicator that turns a perfectly good recording into something that sounds like a 4th generation dub from the bottom of your shoe box of cassettes from 2nd grade. Still, most of these songs are gems below the surface. Have fun digging into it.
Ex-members of THE INSURGENT, BENT OUTTA SHAPE, BOSSY, SIX PACK FOUR, RINGERS, CREEPY ALIENS and some other stuff.
Hopefully, the band won't take me to the People's Court for posting this.
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FUN FACT: "Somebody Else" was technically a Nasty Intentions song before it was a Babies song, during the 5 minutes that Kevin was NI's second guitar player.
What I'm saying basically, is where do I sign up for my royalties check?
This makes so much sense in my head.
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