"She was underwhelmed if that's a word / I know it's not 'cause I looked it up / That's one of those skills that I learned in my school". Of such tongue-in-cheek beginnings was the entire saga of the Maritimes music scene made; the song ended up at #25 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and remains the band's most successful single outside Canada. The album itself is a gloriously noisy pop gem, as much about Sonic Youth as it is the Beatles. Later albums would de-emphasize the skronk in favour of more streamlined rock n' roll, but would never instantly ignite like this one.
Where You'd Know It From: Some of the singles (OK, just "Underwhelmed", really) can be found on modern-rock format radio stations. Fans of the 90's Halifax rock scene or just murderecords will probably have it in their collection.
Track Listing:
1. Underwhelmed (4:41)
2. Raspberry (4:02)
3. I Am The Cancer (3:39)
4. Median Strip (3:34)
5. Take It In (3:56)
6. 500 Up (4:21)
7. Marcus Said (4:32)
8. Sugartune (3:27)
9. Left Of Centre (2:34)
10. Lemonzinger (4:10)
11. Two Seater (3:04)
12. What's There To Decide? (4:19)
Download It: http://bit.ly/iS5Nqa
BUY IT: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/smeared/id347741693
("Underwhelmed")
("500 Up")
("Marcus Said"
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