Earwig (1989)
Blake Babies
- Cesspool
- Dead and Gone
- Grateful
- You Don't Give Up
- Your Way or the Highway
- Rain
- Lament
- Alright
- Loose
- Take Your Head off My Shoulder
- From Here to Burma
- Don't Suck My Breath
- Outta My Head
- Steamie Gregg
- Not Just a Wish
The sound of a band finding their feet and a huge leap forward from Nicely, Nicely. Guitar pop with a female singer sparked obvious comparisons in the late 1980’s to The Bangles and Go-Go’s, but the inclusion of The Stooges song Loose gives more than a hint as to the real influences. Nods to other Boston based bands such as Dinosaur Jr can be found in some the arrangements. Overall a success although the quality of songs starts to tail off towards the end. The Strohm tune Rain stands out – a deceptively simple tune and use of male / female harmonies.
'Cesspool' performed by the (reformed) Blake Babies in 2001
YouTube vid uploaded by coolrockboy
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NME review;)
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