Victim of a double whammy - caught in the already building backlash to the shoegazer scene at home and completely ignored in the States, as was just about anything else British - once Nevermind and Ten hit the charts Chapterhouse's album debut could have, and should have, won a bigger name for itself. At once more dance-flirting and garage-punky than most recordings by other My Bloody Valentine obsessives that emerged in the early '90s, though suffering the same underplaying in the vocal department, Whirlp...   [ read more ]

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RESTOCK. Camden is a four-piece post-emo/neo-space-pop outfit from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The music they make sounds like a whirlpool of the early '90s Creation records roster, and would've fit right in nicely with bands like Ride and the psychedelia of Chapterhouse and Slowdive. Occasionally abstract, always-thoughtful lyrics soar with the plaintive, Morrissey-esque vocals, anchored by memorable guitar hooks. Electronic breakbeats keep the sound fresh, but never overwhelm the songs.

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One of the last bands in need of "best-of" treatment, Chapterhouse released only two studio albums, both of which were reissued around the time Sony BMG threw together The Best of Chapterhouse. (Whirlpool was expanded to 16 tracks in 2006; Blood Music was reissued in 2008, just months after this set.) If anything, a reissue of 1996's Rownderbowt, a compilation of EP tracks and demos, should have been in order. Instead, here is a 15-track overview. In all fairness, it's a budget-priced dis...   [ read more ]

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