Blind Mr. Jones - Tatooine
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Label : Cherry Red Records
Style : Indie
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 26.May.2009
Street : 1994
Songs : 10
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Release Notes:
Excellent shoegaze band.
Roots and Influences: The Telescopes, Slowdive, Ride, The Cure.
The band:
Presumably taking their name from the first two songs on
Talking Heads' Naked and jokingly referred to as the Jethro
Tull of shoegazing for their frequent use of flute, Blind
Mr. Jones formed in the early '90s in Marlow, England,
quickly becoming regarded as a young band to keep an eye on.
Guitarist James Franklin, guitarist/vocalist Richard Moore,
flautist Jon Tegner, bassist/vocalist Will Teversham, and
drummer Jon White comprised the band, starting out privately
in their teens by aping bands like the Wedding Present. They
eventually developed their sound to fit in line with
shoegaze bands like Ride and Slowdive, and with a demo won
the attention of the Cherry Red label, who eventually signed
them. 1992's Stereo Musicale was preceded by the Eyes Wide
and Crazy Jazz singles; the former featured guitar parts
written by Slowdive's Neil Halstead and the latter
featured harmonica from Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood. Two
years later, their full-length debut was followed by
Tatooine, which shed some of the band's earlier shoegazing
tendencies. The band apparently dissolved shortly after its
release. [Andy Kellman/AMG]
This album:
A second helping of sonorous splendor from these six pacific
Marlow, England, lads. Tatooine is not quite as strong or as
immediately appealing as 1992's Stereo Musicale, released
the previous year on the Planet label. That debut had
more bite,dug in harder, and seemed bigger sounding than
this (gone now are the pleasant Slowdive comparisons).
However, on the plus side, they've ditched that slightly
overused flute, and the sextet's quiet dalliance and lulling
vocals can still transport a weary soul to a nicer place.
The tickling guitar work, though too far in the background
this time (volume faders up, ye mixers!!!), can be
fascinating. And if you stick with Tatooine 'til track
eight, "Please Me" finally finds them scrambling off the
deck with something a little more dramatic like their older
work, and they still can sound modestly wondrous, and the
closing "Mesa" is oh-so-gorgeous. [Jack Rabid, The Big
Takeover]
Handshakes must go to nuhs for showing me this great band
with their "stereo musicale" rls back in the good ol days.
Wherever you may be now.
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Track List:
01. Hey 03:56
02. Disneyworld 03:56
03. Viva Fisher 04:56
04. See You Again 03:00
05. Big Plane 04:13
06. Drop For Days 04:00
07. Surfer Baby 03:19
08. Please Me 04:44
09. What's Going On 03:30
10. Mesa 05:39
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