Birthday time! Backfeed Magnetbabe was released on this date in 1995. Heres one of the earliest reviews of the album, from the 6/21/95 edition of SF Weekly, by Colin Berry: Sixteen reasons I like Deluxe: 1. They make you want to dig out your Flaming Lips records again. 2. Guitarists Carrie Clark and Chris Smith lay claim to more than 30 effects pedals onstage. Jim Thompson and Mike Morasky, take note. 3. Fellow Austinite King Coffey (Butthole Surfers) liked them enough to release their debut on his venerable Trance Syndicate label. 4. They thank the Sweet and Victims Family bassist Larry Boothroyd in the same breath in the liner notes. 5. The introductory one-note bombast of Now sounds like Stereolab with balls. 6. The lipsticky pop of Erotica sounds like the Breeders with balls. 7. Baby Headrush sounds like Pavement with ovaries. 8. Every song starts with guitar, and every one ends with guitar. Maybe that should count as two reasons. 9. In fact, some tracks dont even end; they just sound like someone finally unplugged the guitar. 10. Backfeed Magnetbabe inspired me, upon first listen, to scrawl the term fuzz-wah cymbalism on the back of my hand, which a UPS guy stared at before handing me that fake little pencil. 11. Despite their sound, Sixteen Deluxe proudly assert that theyre not a shoe-gazer band - probably because theyre gazing at all those goddamned pedals. 12. They cover Brian Eno and Big Star with equal aplomb. 13. The Big Star cover, Kangaroo, is 15 minutes long and stunningly beautiful. 14. FIFTEEN MINUTES LONG. 15. In the middle of the song, you can clearly hear Carrie say, Oops! 16. They get pissed when writers call them 16 Deluxe. sixteendeluxe.bandcamp/album/backfeed-magnetbabe
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 14:50:17 +0000
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