My last post was for two Crimpshrine records, so it seems fitting that this next post is a Fifteen LP. Fifteen was a band formed by Jeff Ott after Crimpshrine. They had a couple of releases on Lookout! Records, then released records on several other labels throughout the 90s. I picked up a couple of their earlier LPs back when they came out, and then (like a lot of bands) I moved on to other things and kinda forgot all about them.
Finding their seventh album from 1999 in my friend's collection, I thought it would be a good chance to check them out again, and I found myself enjoying it. 'Lucky' was released as a double LP on Sub City Records.
I always thought that Fifteen was less well known than Crimpshrine for some reason, even though they were also on Lookout! Records and were a band for much longer. Musically I think Fifteen were better. Their songs generally had more melody and didn't sound like they were recorded on a portable cassette recorder in a bathroom in a squat. But somehow they weren't quite as highly regarded, despite being very similar in a lot of ways. I can only assume it's because they came after the golden age of the Gilman Street scene.
I also just realised that this record comes on a limited red and blue vinyl set, so that's one new record added to the collection and one new record added to the want list at the same time. Yay!
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