this band played down tempo rock way before it was cool.  bands like low and bedhead and codeine might not even exist if not for this record. ok, that might be an exaggeration.  still, listen to this record and think about the fact that it came out in 88 and think about how timeless it sounds.  the record was recorded in a church in canada by a band that included three siblings, in one day (ok, except for one song recorded a day or two later) with no mixing and no overdubbing, iwth the band playing live positioned in a circle surrounding one single stereo microphone.  the result, indeed, is the feeling of being in the same room as this music as its being played.  the set includes a hefty share of covers ranging from traditional folk numbers to elvis to lou reed to hank williams.  my favourite track is probably 'i'm so lonesome i could cry'.  the title of that song only hints at the devastation of the feeling communicated therein.  

_alibi