I really liked their record when it came out (actually, it was one of the first compact discs I purchased) and I have found that over the 20 plus years since "Let it Bee" was released I come back to it every once and a while and rock it out.
At the time, I thought of them as a less edgy Mary's Danish, but now I view them as a band that created some really good pop songs and just because they had two female leads there should have been no comparison. Erica!
Whatever, I didn't even know what a musicologist was then...
As I have mentioned before in my posts I struggle to stay hep to what the kids are listening to these days and when I find something that I like, I usually purchase it.
"I Say Nothing," one of the songs on the "Let it Bee" record is a pip and I think that if I had to point to a tune that I used as songwriting inspiration it would be on the list.
I can sound cool and say that Slint, early Sebadoh, and the Throwing Muses were my influences and granted they were part of my daily play lists, but they were not what made me pick up a pen and paper or my guitar.
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