Friday, July 9, 2021

Ursa Minor, Nana Grizol

Ursa Minor, Nana Grizol, 2017, :35 

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Another pleasant Spotify discovery!  This band sounds kind of like Mountain Goats, but gay and a little less riled up.  Excellent, earnest songwriting about making one's way in a very uncertain world makes this my cup of tea.  Is this band the next coming of Neutral Milk Hotel?  No.  But it is a more interesting Defiance Ohio.  Favorite tracks: "Mississippi Swells," "T.V. Song," "Tacoma Center 1600," "Window."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...