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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SLANT 6 Soda Pop Rip Off LP/CD (Dischord...
...hard to say: the ordinary reference points for simple, fast, stripped-down, aggressive pop songs are old bands like the Buzzcocks, whom Slant 6 sound nothing like. Scrawl are the most obvious reference point--their early records were just as clear, economical, hummable and covertly sad as Soda Pop Rip, Off, though early Scrawl song were about half as fast. Other aural similarities are to Tallulah Gosh (the fast, sloppy, Oxford pop band that eventually became Heavenly) and to Boston's Salem 66, another riff-oriented all-female trio. Which raises the question of whether there's a separate tradition...
...been the dominant one in deciding what Autoclave tunes would sound like. The multi-layered Autoclave textures, the interplay produced by having 3 (or 4?) songwriters with different tastes, are just as missing from Slant 6 as they are from Helium and Rastro! But the riffs on Soda Pop Rip Off(especially in the second-to-last number, the sparkling "Blue Angel") could pass of Autoclave riffs, and have the same tightly-coiled double-reversal feel that Autoclave songs like "Dr. Seuss" and "Summer" used to have. I think Autoclave may be remembered as the Yardbirds, or the Sneakers...
What is the Lynx? Is it a wildcat with tufted ears? Is it a failed Atari rip-off of Nintendo's Game Boy? Or is it the newest entry into Harvard's late-night club...
...Rip...