Source: Got it in 2001, maybe at a record release show? It's hazy, those days....Fast-forward a few years, after the '85 have gone on a few tours, put out a few full-lengths, and had a membership change. This release, possibly their final one, is a real re-invention: there's something European about them now. I mean, Monoton is a German label, so maybe a direction change was part of the contract. New (though not so new by 2001) drummer A.E. Paterra plays the electronic drum kit, no doubt easier to travel with, and the whole process takes on a more "mature" sound. On side 1, Joe Vernet, Jr. is still yelping like his toenails are being pulled out, but it has a, I dunno, sophistication previously unheard. There's a weird guitar comedown at the end of 'The Long Weekend' which is strangely pretty. Then, side 2 - the total departure - the slow, pulsing electro-pop of '(Even) More', featuring electric piano and delicately sung vocals! Have the '85 abandoned their roots? Or just signaled at the tensions re:direction that potentially led to their disbanding? I doubt anyone actually heard this 7" so I suppose that no one was really asking.
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