Bang! Spain Vinyl & CDs

Review: After releasing their debut EP on Sub Pop in 1992 and making the oft-criticised move of moving to a major (Capitol) for their debut LP, they moved back to an independent label for this follow up. Released via Chicago's Thick Records in 1997, it sadly ended up being their final studio album. Despite diminishing early, this is a marvel - not only in terms of their back catalogue, but within indie rock as a whole. There's shades of Grandaddy on 'Leatherette Tears', 'EM7' sounds like it paved the way for Julian Casablancas' vocal style in The Strokes and 'It's On Your Face', which was used in its entirety in Francis Ford Coppola's TV series First Wave, has a terrific, stoned 60s garage rock feel spliced with blues-driven high-energy rock. Without a doubt a standout from a truly great era for rock.