Music For Listeners 2007/01/20
MFL Presents the Third Soda/Tea Taste Test with The Spinto Band

1) The Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme" From the CD 'Anthology'.
2) Ned Miller-"From A Jack To A King" From the CD 'From A Jack To A King'.
3) The Shins-"Sleeping Lessons" From the forthcoming CD 'Wincing the Night Away'.
4) The Long Blondes-"Giddy Stratospheres" From the CD 'Someone To Drive You Home'.
5) Peter, Bjorn and John-"Young Folks" From the CD 'Writer's Block'.
6) Bromheads Jacket-"Woolley Bridge" From the CD 'Dits from the Commuter Belt'.
7) The Earlies-"When the Wind Blows" From the forthcoming CD 'The Enemy Chorus'.
8) Electrelane-"Long Dark (New Version)" From the compilation CD 'Singles, B-Sides, and Live'.
9) The Wave Pictures-"Long Island" From the CD 'Sophie'.
10) Dawn of the Replicants-"Essence of Maureen" From the CD 'Fangs'.
11) The Spinto Band-"Crack the Whip" From the CD 'Nice and Nicely Done'.
12) The Spinto Band - MFL Interview-3rd Soda/Tea Taste Test - Segment 01
13) The Spinto Band-"Mountains" From the CD 'Nice and Nicely Done'.
14) The Spinto Band - MFL Interview- 3rd Soda/Tea Taste Test - Segment 02
15) The Spinto Band-"Kind of A Girl" From the CD 'Good Answer'.
16) The Spinto Band - MFL Interview- 3rd Soda/Tea Taste Test - Segment 03
17) The Spinto Band-"Late" From the CD 'Nice and Nicely Done'.
18) The Spinto Band - MFL Interview- 3rd Soda/Tea Taste Test - Segment 04
19) The Spinto Band-"Spy Vs. Spy (Live at Emo's September 25th, 2007)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
20) The Spinto Band-"Crack the Whip (Live at Emo's September 25th, 2007)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
21) The Spinto Band-"Did I Tell You? (Live at Emo's September 25th, 2007)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
22) The Spinto Band-"Trust Vs. Mistrust (Live at Emo's September 25th, 2007)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
23) The Spinto Band-"Oh Mandy (Live at Emo's September 25th, 2007)" Exclusively recorded for Music For Listeners.
24) Of Montreal-"Faberge Falls For Shuggie" From the limited edition "DJ Edition" vinyl 12" single "Faberge Falls For Shuggie". Also found on the forthcoming CD 'Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'.
25) The Bird and the Bee-"I Hate Camera" From the forthcoming CD 'The Bird and the Bee'.
26) Poster Children-"Strange Attractors" From the CD 'DDD'.
27) All Hail-"Triumphant" From the demo 'Every Wealth E.P.'.
28) Love is All-"Talk Talk Talk Talk" From the CD 'Nine Times That Same Song'.
29) Page France-"Who Cracked Your Egg?" From the tour only 'Tomato Morning E.P.'.
30) "The Mid-Morning Recording" The House of Love-'Babe Rainbow'
This is a really strong album from a pretty overlooked band. The band has a cult following for sure, but The House of Love is one of those bands that I couldn't believe people weren't listening to. People didn't know what they were missing and this album was the first one by them that really grabbed me. I'm glad to say that I have seen them in a live setting. I even saw them with Fontana label mates Ocean Colour Scene and Catherine Wheel on the same bill in the year this album came out, 1992. An interesting year, and in the year I saw almost 35 concerts. I remember The House of Love/Ocean Colour Scene/Catherine Wheel being a really good one show, even though Orlando and I don't remember a whole lot of the show. I really like their first self-titled album a lot as well, and I'm sure that will be played as a MMR in the future, but this one has my favorite song from the band, "The Girl With the Loneliest Eyes". I mainly played this recording because The Shins are putting out their new record this coming week. I know James Mercer is a big fan of The House of Love, so I guess I was thinking of him when I came across this record in my collection. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Michael - MFL
31) James-"Sayonara" From the CD 'Wah-Wah'.
BONUS TRACK
32) The Whigs-"Don't Talk Anymore" From the CD 'Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip'.