SNOWPONY The Slow-Motion World Of Snowpony 1998

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

The atmospheric electronic pop trio Snowpony was an alternative British supergroup of sorts, comprising vocalist/keyboardist Katharine Gifford -- a former member of Stereolab and Moonshake -- as well as one-time My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe and ex-Quickspace/Rollerskate Skinny drummer Max Corradi. A number of singles announcing the group's arrival appeared in 1997, among them "Evil Way Down" and "Chocolate in the Sun." The full-length Slow-Motion World of Snowpony followed a year later.

 
Tracklist

1	Easy Way Down	4:04
2	A Way To Survive	4:26
3	Love Letters	4:39
4	Bad Sister	5:03
5	3 Can Keep A Secret (If 2 Are Dead)	3:38
6	St. Lucy's Gate	4:32
7	John Brown (Triumphal March)	4:03
8	Titanic	5:09
9	Snow White	3:53
10	Siamese Fighting Fish	3:56
11	Pylons	4:58

 

LOTUS CROWN Chokin' on the Jokes 1997

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Named for an ancient Chinese fable, the orchestral hip-hop band Lotus Crown was the vehicle of singer/guitarist Jimi Shields, a onetime member of the Irish noise-pop outfit Rollerskate Skinny. After exiting the group's ranks following their 1994 EP Threshold, Shields relocated from Dublin to Chicago, stopping briefly to play drums for his brother Kevin's band My Bloody Valentine. After settling in the U.S., he recruited guitarist Paul Dillon, bassist Lennie Dietsch and drummer Zack Kantor, and Lotus Crown soon hit the road in support of the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev before recording their debut EP Alvar Aalto (titled in tribute to the Finnish architect) in late 1995. After entering the studio with producer Dave Fridmann, the quartet emerged with the full-length Chokin' on the Jokes in the spring of 1997. 

Tracklist 

1	The Well (Endless)	3:47
2	The Well (Of A Mother's Symphony)	4:55
3	Circus, Circus	4:59
4	Swallow The Bee	4:34
5	Strapped & Tied	3:12
6	Blue Arse Fly	3:43
7	Shuttle Weary	4:30
8	No Title	2:40
9	Riddle Me Sober	4:39
10	Won't Give Up ('Til I Win Your Lovin')	2:38
11	Cynical Clever	4:31
12	Beginnings	5:17

ROLLERSKATE SKINNY Horsedrawn Wishes 1996

 

 

 

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One for that rainy-day, difficult-but-rewarding pile. This Dublin trio whips up dense stormclouds of guitar and electronic "orchestration" which singer Ken Griffin seeds with evocative streams of lyric fragments. --Jeff Bateman

 

Tracklist 

1	Swingboat Yawning	3:49
2	Cradle Burns	4:50
3	One Thousand Couples	5:08
4	Swab The Temples	3:26
5	Speed To My Side	6:53
6	All Mornings Break	4:49
7	Man Under Glass	4:32
8	Shimmer Son Like A Star	4:02
9	Angela Starling	4:43
10	Ribbon Fat	6:13
11	Thirsty European	5:01
12	Bell Jars Away	5:01