Sonic
Stew Pick #14
Truly has made MTV Online's top 20 albums of 1995, ranked up there with Alice
In Chains' self-titled album, Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie..., and
other established favorites. I think this alone is pretty cool! Here is the
text from the article:
(issued by Capitol Records)
FAST STORIES...FROM KID COMA, the first full-length record by Truly,
is a collection of epic compositions, loosely forming a story, written and recorded
over the last four years, that echo the band's Pacific Northwest surroundings--the
turbulent slate black ocean, soft rain from leaden grey skies, wet dark forests
that climb the Cascades, and the omnipresent smell of slaughter-house blood.
It's hard to keep secret a band whose membership includes Soundgarden co-founder/bassist
Hiro Yamamoto, Screaming Trees ex-drummer Mark Pickerel, and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter
Robert Roth from the Storybook Krooks. "All three of us were probably the loosest
element in any of the bands we were in," Robert says, "and now we're all in
one band."
Truly has attracted the attention of some of the music industry's most influential
entities, without so much as an extensive tour. Their first show was in Seattle
with The Jesus Lizard in October 1990. Sub Pop released the HEART AND LUNGS
EP in 1991 and the LESLIE'S COUGHING UP BLOOD EP in 1993, during the
height of grunge fever. They were notable for sounding nothing like anything
else on the label, before or since. They've played two years on Lollapalooza's
second stage and "HEART AND LUNGS" was used prominently in the movie "Singles."
Roth recently co-wrote songs with Jim Carroll.
FAST STORIES...FROM KID COMA is a vast 72 minute record mixing up the
depth and dimension of Pink Floyd, the punk sensibilities of the Wipers, Gun
Club pop, the Beach Boys coastal pathos, the keyboard stylings of The Doors,
and the luxuriousness of My Bloody Valentine.
(MTV Sonic Stew, November 23 1995)