When Piebald released 'When Life Hands You Lemons' back in the late 90s, it caught my attention. I had a couple of their previous releases, which I would describe as pretty typical 90s emo fare. But their debut LP marked a change of style and one that I was really into. I loved that they were lyrically still very much an emo band, but their playing style had more melody and less screaming. Heck, this was a record you could sing along to. In fact, it even sounded rock-ish and upbeat a lot of the time. I guess it was just catchy, but maintained a very DIY sound. It totally sounded like the singer couldn't really sing, but I liked that. Anyway, this album quickly became one of those records that I couldn't stop listening to. There were songs for every mood, and for a period of a few weeks there was nothing else I wanted to listen to. In my mind it always was and always will be their best record. So when I saw a test for sale recently, I knew I was going to take it.
It's not much to look at. Like a lot of tests, it comes in a plain paper sleeve and has blank white labels. Not that it matters too much of course.
I dug out my regular copy of the record to make the photo a little more interesting, and so that those of you unfamiliar with the record could see what the regular cover looks like.
2 comments:
Just curious. I know your record collection is enormous. Any way you can take a few pictures of your storage area? Also, Piebald ruled my life for about 3 years, great band.
Hey MB, I'm not going to take a new photo, but there is one on my instagram that I took last year which you can see HERE. My collection isn't all in one place so that's not all of it, but that's a big chunk.
Just out of interest, what's your favourite Piebald record?
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