Track Listing 1. Watch Me Burn 2. Caroline Goodbye 3. Fool For You, The 4. Come Along With Me 5. This Time 6. They Keep Me Running 7. Dog in You, The
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Album Notes They may have copped the EP's odd title from the original name of the Rolling Stones' salacious "Star Star," but don't expect San Francisco's Sneetches to suddenly sound like the bastard sons of the Glimmer Twins. Instead, the seven tracks on this glorious EP are more of what made the Sneetches one of the best-kept secrets of '90s power pop. Singer/songwriters Mike Levy and Matt Carges write strummy, minor-key pop tunes and sing them in likeably plain voices while bassist Alec Palao--editor of the excellent fanzine Cream Puff War and a noted historian of '60s pop--and drummer Daniel Swan provide unobtrusive support. It would all be incredibly twee were it not for the subtle undercurrent of menace in Levy and Carges' elliptical lyrics and the almost subliminal tension in songs like their cover of the Easybeats' "Watch Me Burn."
Editorial Reviews The sunny melancholy of the Sneetches is actually what passes for pop optimism, where the eternal passions of youth are played out with hopeful melodies and crisp arrangements. The playful texts are boy-clever and girl-obsessed, twirling through '60s-drenched harmonies and gently nostalgic hooks... Alternative Press (01/01/1996)
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