Truly
Are Truly Great
Cranked the advance of Truly's debut album, Fast Stories...From Kid Coma
way past 11 and we've literally been in a coma. This is the great psychedelic
hard rock rush of the year. "Blue Flame Ford," the opening track, is simply
awesome. This band has a raw intensity combined with a surreal musical sensibility
that at once brings to mind drug-induced tripping circa 1965 and '90s angst.
The group is comprised of bassist Hiro Yamamoto, who co-founded Soundgarden,
Mark Pickerel, a former drummer for Screaming Trees and singer/guitarist/songwriter
Robert Roth, once of Storybook Krooks. They released several Sub Pop EPs, appeared
on the Lollapalooza second stage two years running and had one of their songs,
"Heart and Lungs," show up in Singles. Oh yeah, they co-wrote some songs
with Jim Carroll. We know all of this cause we actually read the Capitol Records
bio that accompanied the CD. (Yeah, yeah, we do know how to read). The group
is touring the West Coast prior to the release of the album on June 20.
(Music News of the World, June 8 1995)