Buffalo Tom

I had never really listened to Buffalo Tom before. Some kid at school used to like them, and at the time I had worked out that anything that he liked, I didn't. Of course, as the years have rolled by I have revised my view on some of that stuff (namely Ride and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, so when I saw Buffalo Tom named in the SST discography, I was curious to give them a go. They hail from Boaston, MA and their sound reminds me a bit of Dinosaur Jr. Within one minute of the first song I listened to, I realised that this was something that I was definitely into, and I was on an instant shopping spree. I was pleasantly surprised to find that their records aren't actually that rare or expensive these days.

I decided to buy a copy of their first, self-titled album. It came out on SST in 1989 as SST 250. There were only ever black vinyl copies pressed.

I alsp found a test press for sale and I couldn't resist grabbing it as the price was pretty low. As with most SST tests, it comes with a single sheet of paper which contains info about the record (band name, record title, song titles). This copy is really faded so is barely legible. It's still cool though. There's something about the gold Rainbo labels...

The band started in 1986 and are still going. They had a few quiet years in the early 00s, but are still going today, and have ten albums to their name. I'm not sure I'm so into this that I want to pick up nine more, but who knows?