Well, Worth It! These record have aged (matured) very well over the last two decades. I was ecstatic to find those melodies intact and mesmerizing all over again. Oh, where have all the sharp wiggly guitars gone? (And Oh, "Dreams of Herge," where have you been all these years? Oh right. in the basement). FWIW, these records have way more staying power than your average state-of-the-art digital media storage device.
They had some beautiful record covers.
did they not?
P.S. Thought:
do Pavement owe 3Ds anything?
[hear "Hairs" or "Sing-Song" fer chrissakes!]
There seems to be a rather direct connect to my ears now,
and these Kiwi Kids certainly had it on the Stockton Set by a few years.
(oh whatevs, i suppose it was all in the ferment. just bubbling away...)
someone's doubtless done a dissertation or two by now.
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3Ds had so many great tunes . . . fantastic pop with (as you aptly put it) wiggly guitars all over the place. The Venus Trail was their finest hour in my estimation, but they never put out anything that wasn't great. In some good news, they have recently put on some "reunion" shows (most famously at the Merge Records anniversary). Don't know if there will be any new recorded output . . .
Oh, and you can get the cover art (with much better resolution) here:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/3Ds
Just click on either of the two 12" titles.
"oh yeah that's right in the basement."
hahaha.
Kevin - thanks for the artwork tip! this looks so much better!
Every comp tape I made in the mid-90s had a least one track off of The Venus Trail. Always loved the Joe Coleman-lite cover painting.
All of their covers were gorgeous. Hellzapoppin has the wonderful theateresque exploding tree/ocean diarama with the kid's blackboard magnet letters (you know what i'm talking about, don't you?) always blew me away.
Apologies, too much vino.
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1326388
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