Pleasure of Ruins
Released: Oct 16, 2001
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Released: Oct 16, 2001
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Pleasure of Ruins is a focused indie rock roots collection that melds Americana with alternative rock esthetics. Akin to the post-John Cale Velvet Underground and the crop of popular back-to-basics...
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Summer Was a Waste
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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A guaranteed way to get this reviewer's attention would be not only cover Hüsker Dü on your B-side, but have the taste to choose one of their greatest overlooked songs, Grant Hart's finest moment,...
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American Kestrel
Released: 1999
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Released: 1999
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Saturnine's chiming, sweetly atmospheric fourth LP recalls a period in the mid-'80s when virtually every underground pop band in earshot strived to emulate early R.E.M. records like Murmur and...
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Flags for Unknown Territories
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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Flags for Unknown Territories moves on from the dreamy wash of Saturnine's earlier work, and steps into slightly more pop territory -- early REM is a semi-suitable reference point ("Ivan Boesky"),...
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Wreck at Pillar Point
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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Wreck at Pillar Point is the first of several indie-pop gems from Saturnine -- on this record, they piece together a lovely, incredibly pretty indie-pop sound that invites vague comparisons to...
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