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23 February 2019

TULLYCRAFT City of Subarus 1998




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Old Traditions, New Standards
Seattle-based indie pop trio Tullycraft formed in 1994 from the ashes of Crayon, reuniting singer/bassist Sean Tollefson with drummer Jeff Fell; completing the lineup with ex-Wimp Factor 14 guitarist Gary Miklusek, the group debuted in 1995 with the Harriet label single "True Blue," subsequently notching an underground classic with "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend Is Too Stupid to Know About," their contribution to Harriet's The Long Secret compilation. Following the Cher Doll 7" "Bailey Park," Tullycraft issued their first full-length effort, Old Traditions, New Standards, in 1996; assorted singles, compilation tracks, and split releases with bands like Bunnygrunt and Rizzo followed prior to the 1998 release of the trio's second album, City of Subarus. After a period in 2001 when it looked like the band were through, Tollefson, Fell, and Chris Munford (who had joined the band in 1998) joined up with guitarist Harold Hollingsworth and hooked up with Magic Marker Records, who released the fine Beat, Surf, Fun album in 2002. After adding longtime collaborator Jenny Mears to the official lineup, the group recorded their best album yet, 2005's Disenchanted Hearts Unite. After releasing Every Scene Needs a Center (which featured new guitar player Cori Hale) in 2007, the band went on hiatus until 2013, when they returned with the Phil Ek-produced Lost in Light Rotation. 

SIX CENTS AND NATALIE Show Me The Honey 1999





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Six Cents & Natalie began in 1990 as the home-recording project of Sean Tollefson, who went on to play bass and sing for two of Seattle's finest indie pop bands, Crayon and Tullycraft. Recording with a keyboard and drum machine, he reveled in the emergence of lo-fi home recording techniques, recording his simple twee pop anthems on cassette and four-track recorders. Melissa Jeter, Tollefson's then-girlfriend, sang on some of the early recordings, but, from the start, the project was virtually entirely Tollefson's solo retreat. Six Cents & Natalie went on to release three self-released cassettes (1991's Water Machine, 1992's Tressel, and 1993's Let's Pretend We're Married). The project also produced numerous vinyl singles, including Boyfriends and In a Lonely Place in 1993, Summer's Gone But a Lot Goes On in 1994, and When Punk Fell to Earth in 1995. Six Cents & Natalie also appeared on numerous indie pop and indie rock compilations on labels such as Harriet, Cactus Gum, Bumblebear, Kindercore, Motorcoat, Kittridge, and Spare Me Records throughout the '90s and early 2000s. Tollefson first performed Six Cents & Natalie songs live in 1998, at a Kindercore Records' concert in Athens, Georgia, with Jeff Fell of Tullycraft providing guitar support. In 1999, California's Blackbean & Placenta Records released the Show Me the Honey CD, compiling many of the rare releases. 2001's When Punk Fell to Earth compiled Six Cents & Natalie's output from 1993 and 1994.

Tracklist  

1 Quilting Bee 1:44
2 One For Me 2:13
3 Spoiler 1:15
4 Needed To 2:43
5 Fly With Me 2:10
6 Qubic 1:55
7 Sing-a-long 0:20
8 Nutra-sweet 2:28
9 Sea Scout 3:11
10 Reason 2600 2:50
11 Beach Girl 1:50
12 Red And Green 0:40
13 Just One 1:43
14 XYZ 1:02
15 A Little Cranky 0:17
16 No Tag Backs 1:30
17 Boyfriends 2:32
18 My Love Is A Flower 1:27
19 Dumb Stupid Song 2:19
20 Cowboys And Spaceships 1:39
21 When I Was Your Boyfriend 1:47
22 New Term 1:42
23 Stephanie 1:36
24 All The Best Things 1:15
25 Wait For Me 2:39
26 Secret Goldfish 2:39
27 Untitled 2:49