Sara Lee / Giving Up
split [CS; Sophomore Lounge]

Both sides of this split cassette from the reliable Sophomore Lounge label hold intrigue, but I find myself returning to the Sara Lee side more reliably. I just happened to look up The No Nos on Spotify last week and maybe that’s the reason I’m equating luscious Mrs. Lee to that classic Pac-Northwest band, but my ample gut’s telling me there’s a similar lilt to the vocals and riffs. Love the fuzz that clings to the guitars like pollin to a windowpane, and I wouldn’t want to scrape it off if I could. Giving Up pack a more explosive sound and will likely appease a higher percentage of the masses. Jesus, I’m at a loss here. Superdrag? Shit this is pretty poppy and powerful and ppplayful in its own way, and a lot louder too, the bass rumbling my record room, if you play one side then the other, as I just did. And will again. Find this, listen to it once like you’ve never listened before, then bury it for 20 years, dig it up, and listen to it again in your antique Walkman and FREAK THE FUCK OUT. Or not; just sounded like a cool gesture there for a second… Truly one of those rare split-tape couplings that seems ordained by heaven.

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