Making Losers Happy

Various Artists, “Making Losers Happy” (Drag City, 1992; original release Xpressway, 1988-1991)
Xpressway was a pioneer of the “lo-fi” indie sound that came to dominate in the ‘90s, but their version was tougher – a dour, dissonant, distant noise that filtered the John Cale aspect of Velvets-style strum-drone-pop through the wind-swept remoteness of the label’s New Zealand home. Wild, inventive, singularly uncompromising stuff.
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7/26/12