As the title suggests, this is post number 4 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 covering the 120s and 130s.
SP127 Night Kings 'Night Kings Theme b/w Midnight', released November 1991. All copies on black vinyl. This one is part garage and part grunge. Reminds me of Mudhoney a bit. Apparently they were from Seattle, and if nothing else I can say that this absolutely sounds like early 90s Seattle band, but this is interesting enough to make me want to check out something else by them when I am in the mood.
SP128 Derelicts 'Don't Wanna Live EP' 2x7", released November 1991. All copies on black vinyl. This contains 5 short songs, and I'm not convinced that this really needed to be a double 7". I picked up an earlier Sub Pop 7" by this band earlier this year and enjoyed it as it was reminiscent of both The Dwarves and The Supersuckers, and this double 7" EP continues in the same vein.
SP134 Gories 'Give Me Some Money b/w You Don't Love Me' released in October 1991. There were 4,500 copies, most of which are red vinyl. This band is described as a 'blues punk band'. As fasr as I can tell, that seems to mean that some fool is tooting all over the place with a harmonica on here, which kinda ruins the vibe for me. But I guess some (deaf) people might dig it. I feel that I would be happy to never heard this again, but it seems more expensive than most of these old Sub Pop singles, so I'm sure there must be something here that people like that I am missing.
SP135 Love Battery 'Foot', released in November 1991. There were 4,500 copies on green vinyl. I think I once saw this band live, supporting Mudhoney on their European tour in 1992, but I could be wrong. These songs are great. Definitely has that early 90s grunge sound, but with a bit more melody.
SP136 Green Magnet School 'Singed b/w Slipper', released in December 1991. There were 4,000 copies, all on gold / yellow vinyl. Check the photo on the back cover - these dudes could be the stunt doubles for Pearl Jam circa 1992. To me this is another underrated record with a bad cover. They were from MA and are described as an 'experimental rock band', which is kind of a meaningless term in my view. What may have been experimental at a certain point in time becomes a defined genre in another. But hey. I've enjoyed this record and would definitely seek out more by this band. A real forgotten gem of the past.
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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