Southeastern Michigan had two overwhelming musical trends in the early to mid ’90s. One of those trends - ska – was a thoroughly unusual phenomenon which I’ll save for another post.
The other major movement that virtually defined the Detroit scene - in those days – was the whole ‘indie/emo’ genre. Swarms of kids in thrift store-purchased vintage clothes, wallet chains, granny glasses, cardigan sweaters. Every band carefully disguised their Sunny Day Real Estate worship, as if all of the communal “emo-ness” was a spontaneous, inspired explosion of collective originality and brilliance.
Which it may actually have been: those were strange days.
This particular gem is one of those lost relics from the immediate aftermath of that era. My understanding – per conversation with Chasers Ready axe- wielder Eric Robitaille is that the disc is essentially a complete discography.
No song titles, sorry. Get ready to rock: