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| From | erhoek@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Bunnygrunt comparisons?... |
| Date | Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:00:37 +0000 |
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Sorry for replying to my own post but a google search brought up some more info.
I have seen comparisons to CUB and would agree that is an appropriate reference.
Ira Robbins had this to say:
Standing Hampton EP7 (No Life) 1994
Action Pants! (No Life) 1995
Exporting glorious tweerock from St. Louis, bUNNYgRUNT is the gifted trio of Karen Reid (drums), Matt Harnish (guitar) and Jen Wolfe (bass) (with Pulsars founder Dave Trumfio as "unofficial fourth member"). Sandwiching the eight catchy songs on Action Pants! between two coolly casual singers — the wispy Reid and the boyish Harnish — the group underpins its brisk jangle-pop with occasional blasts of afterburner racket power. Those lulled into a false sense of cuddlecore giddiness by the folky rush of "Superstar 666," "Transportation Pants" and the organ-flecked "Just Like Suppertime," and not sufficiently alerted by the sterner presence of the autobiographical "I Am Curious Partridge," may be knocked for a loop by the clattering intensity of "G.I.2K" and "Tadpole." Musically adorable and not at all coy, bUNNYgRUNT cuts a colorful swath of freewheeling style through what is often a refuge for the plain and unassertive, giving Action Pants! the sharp creases that stand out from the crowd.
[Ira Robbins]
www.parasol.com has the new disc in stock:
http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=73353&thepage=/catalog/catalog.asp
-r
> Bunnygrunt are one of those tweepop bands who put out a bunch of 7"s as well as
> their own fanzines about 10 or so years ago. They coined the term cuddlecore.
> They are from St Louis,Mo. way and have boy/girl vocals but mostly girl vocals.
> As far as I know they never officially broke up but recently started playing
> together again. They just released a new cd on Happy Happy Birthday To Me
> Records from Athens,Ga.
> If I had to compare them to the Sarah catalog I would say they lean more to a
> less punky Heavenly than the Field Mice or any others.
> -r
>
>
> > Anyone here familiar with the band Bunnygrunt? If so, where do they fall in
> the
> > Belle & Sebastian/Field Mice twee realm?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Don
> > http://www.noceanstudios.com/personal/portfolio/index.html
> >
> > NP: "Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow" - one of the greatest
> > non-Williams movie scores I've ever heard!
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