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| (Design and imaging by Zerogravity; Colour photo by Indira Cesarine) |
Here's a nice pairing for my previous post (Sugarspoon's self titled masterpiece). Those Toad the Wet Sprocket and R.E.M. comparisons I was grasping at in my Sugarspoon post? Perhaps a bit more readily made here. Still, this isn't by any means derivative...this is Thirst, and it's thoroughly quenching (sorry, that was awful).
Maybe this album appeals to my Canadian sensibilities (even though these guys aren't Canadians)- tracks like "Eskimos" and "Bricks and Clay" have a raw beauty and lyrical sophistication that calls to mind the late, great Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip! "Climb" and "Gyrate" have the rough and ready buoyant rock hooks of 54-40 at their best. So, maybe the reason that this album didn't blow up was that it's legions of untapped potential fans were all North of the border (the album was recorded in New York, and presumably marketed to an American audience). Just listen to the Canuck rootsy-ness underpinning "End of the Millenium"!
Unfortunately, sound clips from this beaut are scarce. I have linked the Allmusic page below for access to some 30 second clips...but this is definitely one worth tracking down.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/through-the-wire-mw0000079917
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