Given how many contemporaneous EPs by the quartet had overlapping track listings with this album, in all of its various forms, it's almost more accurate to call Last Exit to Garageland a best-of compilation than a stand-alone release. However one wants to consider it, Last Exit is pretty darn brilliant, an enthusiastic, sharp collection of punk-pop indie songs that find their own approach. At the time, comparisons flew thick and fast to such similarly minded bands as the Pixies and the {$Pos...   [ read more ]

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Garageland is a classic pop/rock band, pure and simple, and the excellent Scorpio Righting proves it beyond a reasonable doubt. Evocative of the Kinks, Small Faces, Pavement, Big Star, and the Replacements in their ragged halcyon heyday, Garageland excels at the three-minute opera, packing melody, harmony, and emotion aplenty into a simple intro-verse-chorus-bridge format. Be it social commentary ("Superstars"), love imperiled ("Life Is So Sweet"), or romantic fantasy go...   [ read more ]

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The sixth studio album by SXXV, self-produced in April 2009 and featuring new members Stuart Hill and Steve Stringer. Larry and Vin are also joined by Bethany Cassidy, whose vocal style recalls that of Jenny on From the Hip and Love & Hate. Combining electro melodies and (post) rock textures, stand-out tracks include Singularity, Remembrance, Garageland and Saddled With Something, the latter featuring a string quartet.

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