The In Between

 I have a bread dough defrosting by the stove. I should check on that.

Tough Guy Problems (1993)

The Dambuilders.

Originally formed in Honolulu before eventually moving to Boston.

This is a six song ep, I guess. It kind of straddles that long Ep/short Lp state for my thinking.
And I got nothing else so it stands alone.

Indie rock with violin.

I'm Ok with that.

Jumping the Gun a Bit.

 Here we go.

Let's get the queue topped off for another couple of weeks....

Sweet Soul Sister (1992)

The Sweetest Ache

Their first few releases were on Sarah Records. These ones are on Sunday Records.

So with that, you ought to know what you're getting yourself into.

I also have two of the Sarah ones. Fuck knows when I'll get around to getting those in the digital shitheap. So until then, make do with these pop nuggets.

 

 

Dreaming (1992)

This is from some kind of fuck up pressing. It's a single sided two song thing. The other song being "A New Beginning" that's on the above and this song.

Then the Other

 Yeah, continuing.

 

Fontana (2003)

The follow up by the National Splits.

More of the same and more.

First One

 Yeah, continuing from where we left off

It's the National Splits.

The National Splits (2002)

So this is the first of the umpteen bands in this orbit that I heard.
They have a lovely little tune on the "Crayola Catastrophy" 7" compilation on Kitteridge that I posted a while back.

A bit more guitar oriented than Mathlete. Still the lo-fi indiepop you know and love. Still running all the vocals through some kind of effect for virtually every song.
It's still difficult for me to grasp that this is over twenty years old now.

Welcome to the underground at the turn of the 21st Century.

This One Goes Deep

 But you're going to have to do the grunt work yourself.

I'm going to pour myself a drink.

Telstar Parthenon (2000)

So yeah, Mathlete.

It's a lo-fi project spearheaded by Mike Downey who had previously been in Wolfie along with the couple who would go on to make records as the Like Young until their divorce and who also had recorded under the moniker Busytoby whose two singles I've previously posted.

Mathlete then turned into the National Splits. (which may or may not follow up this post. I don't know yet.) and the rest is all ashes.

Mike Downey maintains an Audio Graveyard on Bandcamp for all his projects. Go and literally pay some respects.