THE LONG SECRET A Harriet Records Compilation 1995

 

Discogs

Tracklist 

1	–Vehicle Flips	Diplomacy, Home And Abroad
2	–Twig (5)	Lilac Ride
3	–The Ampersands	My Favourite Jumper
4	–The Mountain Goats	Duke Ellington
5	–Six Cents And Natalie	Quilting Bee
6	–The Gothic Archies	The Abandoned Castle Of My Soul
7	–Pest 5000	Godsound
8	–Weeping In Fits And Starts	Big Fish
9	–Frank Boscoe & Karl Hendricks	Song For Tim & Alix
10	–The Cat's Miaow	The Phoebe I Know
11	–Fertile Virgin	My Three Suns
12	–Tully Craft*	Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid To Know About
13	–Lotus Eaters (3)	Whistles And Bells
14	–Prickly	Hedgeclipping Song
15	–The Extra Glenns	Process Of Elimination
16	–High Risk Group	Elevation Craving
17	–The Magnetic Fields	Plant White Roses

PEST 5000 (In-ter/a-bang/) 1996

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AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe

Pest released a very good 7" on the Harriet label ("Philosophically Dyslexic") before adding the 5000 to their name and a few vintage synths to their sound -- the full-length Interabang loses much of the clarity of this early work in favor of an occasionally jumbled indie-pop approach layered with unconventional arrangement and odd presentation. Despite this, Interabang is a fairly interesting release -- it's not as well-conceived or well-written as the listener might hope, but the unique sense of presentation rescues many tracks from indie-pop banality. The band doesn't always live up to the work of similar projects, however -- when they cross into Heartworms territory with "Botheration," they establish themselves as a decent but ultimately second-tier indie-pop unit. 

Tracklist  

1	Mattering	4:01
2	Too Skinny	3:19
3	Botheration	3:01
4	Obliviousness	3:27
5	Cold Feet	4:21
6	Punch Pad	3:02
7	X-ing Things	4:56
8	Pregnant Pause	3:36
9	Malice	3:21
10	Angels	3:09
11	Leaky Friend	3:23
12	Smokes	10:13
13	Philosophically Dyslexic	3:22
14	Untitled	12:27