Elizabeth Montgomery's Face [1981]
One of those "lost bands", "unknown legends" or "best band you never heard" bands. I mean when that comp cd came out in the 90s they really were unknown and I guess are still to some extent. Can you be forgotten if you weren't known in the first place...
This tune is new wave of the quirky, dark and jangly kind.
60s American telly is iconic and emblazoned on my mind. Get Smart, I Dream Of Jeanie, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched etc. Get your knobs out boys.
Elizabeth Montgomery's Fa-a-ace!
Shoulda gone to number one in Canadia at least!
Patio Set [1980]
Punky post-punk, punky new wave, new wave-y post-punk etc etc etc. This was the debut single from Wichita Kansas' finest The Embarrassment. Dark, sorta menacing, weird and a whole lotta fun!
I'm A Don Juan [1981]
Double your guitar pleasure with supreme, tight, high octane riff-age and supreme surreal riff-age on this one. Frantic rhythm section plus another dual vocal with hooks galore. Surprisingly unique. Totally cookin' manic pop thrills!
Celebrity Art Party [1981]
This one might be their best pop moment. They jangled, they angular-ed, they menaced, they dual vocal-ed, they toe-tapped, they rocked, they popped! Infectious tight blistering pop.
Drive Me To The Park [1983]
A crackin' tune from their second ep Death Travels West. Nails the whole dark indie jangly thing while simultaneously still sounding punk. Still sounds incredibly fresh to this day. If this had been on a major label or big indie imprint it would have surely been a smash but it was released on Fresh Sounds who were based in Lawrence Kansas.
Two Cars [198?]
Alright one more... A brief angular song. Very cool dual vocal with talk-singing, the sorta stylistic choice taken on ten years later by (early) Pavement. These guys really nailed a distinct indie sound all of their own in the nascent days of college rock. That this tune was never released at the time, only ever coming out in 1995 on the archival cd Heyday 1979-1983, is crazy to me.
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