As the title suggests, this is post number 2 in my series of 6 in which I am trying to cover all of the early Sub Pop 7"s that I have picked up this year and haven't got around to posting about. I'm doing this in catalogue number order, and here we are already into the post SP100 releases...
SP103 Unrest 'A Factory Record' released in March 1991. I didn't know about this band, but they were an indie rock band from Washington DC active from the mid 80s to the mid 90s. Usually I'd be interested in any band from Washington DC, but I'm not overly interested in checking out anything else by tihs band as this is possibly the worst Sub Pop 7" I have bought. The first song is just plain fucking annoying as shit.
SP104 Fastbacks 'The Answer is You' 2x7", released in July 1991. 2,500 on green and red vinyl. This band was going for pretty much forever. They formed in the late 70s and still seem to be cranking out records to this day. One of their biggest claims to fame is that Duff McKagen (from Guns 'n' Roses) was in the band at some point. They are referred to as 'punk rock' but sound more like indie rock to me. Overall I found this one a bit disappointing. It hasn't really excited me.
SP109 Urge Overkill 'Now That's the Barclords! b/w What's This Generation Coming To' released in May 1991. There were 5,000 copies, all on neon yellow vinyl, which looks pretty rad in real life. This one is a weird one. I'm not exactly sure what genre this is. But the band was from Chicago and had other releases on Touch & Go Records, so the weirdness kinda makes sense. I quite like this record, and I'd definitely be interested in checking out a little more, although I doubt these will end up becoming my new favourite band.
SP115 Come 'Car b/w Last Mistake', released in August 1991. There were 45500 copies, all on white vinyl. The band were from Boston and featured an ex member of Codeine, and sound very vaguely similar. A really great record and I love the cover and matching vinyl colour.
SP119 Gorilla 'Detox Man b/w Sober', released in September 1991. There were 4,500 copies and all came on grey vinyl. The cover looks pretty terrible, but this is a really catchy, fun, singalong record, even though some dickhead is playing an organ at some point. The song 'Detox Man' is so good. Another great example of 'don't judge a band by their record cover'. I would definitely listen to more of this band's output.
Credit where credit's due: the pressing info in this post came from the Pette discographies site. Thanks to John Pette for developing and maintaining such a great resource for Sub Pop collectors.
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