The good folks at Arctic Rodeo Recordings in Hamburg put together a lovely, limited edition 3 x LP box set of the Garden Variety discography last year. If you have the bread, I'd definitely recommend picking it up. Otherwise, enjoy the band that preceded Radio 4, Retisonic, and Red Hare!
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Garden Variety - Knocking The Skill Level
I think I got this because the Revelation Records catalog likened them to Fugazi. It was such a lazy shorthand for any post-hardcore band circa 1995, but, shit, it worked, because it got me to order this. I happen to think it holds up remarkably well 25 years later; these songs are so energetic, so smart. As far as I'm concerned, it's yet another example of a band being a few years ahead of their time. Plus, Joe Gorelick beats the ever-loving shit out of his drums on this record, and that is a high mark of quality to me.
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