SMALL FACTORY I Do Not Love You 1993

 

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Small Factory Biography

by Jason Ankeny

While never the most popular, most acclaimed, or most innovative act on the underground pop scene, in their own way, Small Factory crystallized and articulated the effervescent brilliance of American indie rock like no other band of their era. With their artfully tuneless vocals, primitive but indelible melodies, and singular combination of innocence and abandon, the group captured the sound and spirit of their moment to perfection. Small Factory formed in Providence, RI, in 1991, teaming singer/bassist Alex Kemp, singer/guitarist Dave Auchenbach, and singer/drummer Phoebe Summersquash. After earning a strong local following, the group made an enormous splash at the now-legendary Lotsa-Pop-Losers festival in Washington, D.C., soon after making their recorded debut, "The Giant Merry-Go-Round," alongside Honeybunch and the Scottish Bachelor Pad on a flexi-disc included with the fanzine The Milky Way. After closing out 1991 with their first proper single, the Collision Time label release "Suggestions," the following spring Small Factory moved to Slumberland to issue the follow-up, "What to Want." A series of British dates in support of Heavenly resulted in a more extended American tour opening for Fudge and the Dambuilders. New material, the Pop Narcotic single "So What About Love," wasn't released until the summer of 1993, trailed soon after by the epic "If You Hurt Me," the indisputable highlight of the Simple Machines label's Working Holiday singles series. Another label move, this time to Spin Art, preceded the fall release of Small Factory's debut LP, I Do Not Love You; for the follow-up, 1994's sublime For If You Cannot Fly, the trio jumped to Virgin subsidiary Vernon Yard. Small Factory disbanded in the fall of 1995, with Kemp and Summersquash reuniting in the inferior Godrays and Auchenbach resurfacing in Flora Street; the singles compilation The Industrial Evolution was issued by Pop Narcotic in 1996.

 
Tracklist

1		I'm Not Giving Up	3:18
2		Keep On Smiling	2:57
3		What To Want	2:28
4		What Angels Say	2:22
5		Our Deseret	1:27
6		Valentine
3:20
7		Lots To Do	2:43
8		Pretending It's Sunny	4:38
9		All Your Reasons	3:13
10		Come Back Down	2:44
11		Friends	2:54
12		Junky On A Good Day	8:48
13		Untitled	8:05

BRILLIANTINE My Life And The Beautiful Game 1999

 

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Brilliantine Biography

by Heather Phares

Brilliantine is led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Derby, formerly of the Dambuilders, and features an ever-changing line-up that has included Ivy's Dominique Durand, Lloyd Cole and Derby's former bandmate, drummer Kevin March. After the demise of the Dambuilders, Derby traveled the world with his 4-track and recorded Brilliantine's debut album, 1997's Vainglory, which displayed a gentler, poppier side to Derby's sound. 1999's Life & The Beautiful Game continued this direction and featured guest performances from Pell Mell's Dave Spalding, the Magnetic Fields' Claudia Gonson and Ruth Ruth's Michael Kotch.

Tracklist

1		Underwater Camera	3:18
2		Better Life	3:43
3		Saddest Day	2:36
4		U-Bahn Girl	3:01
5		Madeline	3:38
6		It Would Be So Nice To Really Care	4:38
7		Experimental Lifestyle	2:00
8		We Gonna Live Forever	2:20
9		Another Munich	3:11
10		Trans Sister	1:59
11		Back On Her Meds	3:40
12		Cut-Out Bin	1:28

PURPLE IVY SHADOWS No Less The Trees Than The Stars 1997

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AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe

No Less the Trees Than the Stars puts drawling country touches on not-so-unconventional indie rock, an approach that could turn out banal, but is far too well-handled to ever go in that direction. For the most part, the album recalls Grandaddy without the rock and synth work, Pavement tracks like "Range Life," and the Silver Jews as a no-nonsense pop band. The fact that this Rhode Island outfit thanks each member of Small Factory somewhere in the album's liners is another good indicator of their overall tone. Thankfully, this unassuming sound is anchored in solid songwriting, which makes for a very likeable release. 

Tracklist

1	Pawtucket
2	Feeble
3	Rebuilding The Ancestral Statue
4	Until I Saw The Fish
5	Blue Mtn.
6	Roadwise Blood
7	Sustance
8	She Wouldn't Have It
9	Stairs
10	Dancefloor's Shiny Under Junky
11	No Health
12	A Space Is Needed

SMALL FACTORY

For If You Cannot Fly
1994

The Industrial Evolution
1995

 

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For If You Cannot Fly

Tracklist 

1	The Last Time That We Talked	2:30
2	Expiration Date	2:53
3	Hi Howard I'm Back	3:48
4	Sensible	4:46
5	Everyone's Happy For The First Time In Weeks	3:31
6	Versus Tape	2:55
7	The Bright Side	2:11
8	Sun Goes Ahh	3:48
9	Three Months Later	2:43
10	For When You Cannot Land	3:49
11	Sixteen Years	3:40

The Industrial Evolution

Tracklist

1	Suggestions
2	Happy To See
3	Not Afraid
4	What To Want
5	Here You Come
6	Giant Merry Go Round
7	Hey Lucille
8	If You Hurt Me
9	So What About Love
10	We Will
11	Yeah!
12	Hopefully
13	Lose Your Way
14	Scared Of Love

THE GODRAYS Songs For TV Stars 1996

by request

This isn't the Songs About TV Stars double 7 inch released by Vernon Yard Recordings, but the full length. I wasn't able to find the double 7 inch requested but hope you'll like this too.

 

 

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Indie rock that features Phoebe Summersquash, who also drummed for Small Factory and Brilliantine.

 

Tracklist

1		Comforting Joe	4:04
2		Songs For T.V. Stars	2:56
3		Vampires Suck	4:01
4		Darling	3:01
5		Careless	3:54
6		Both Your Names (Janus' Creepy Girlfriend)	2:44
7		Still Just A Night Thing	0:42
8		30 Second Song	1:34
9		Crummy	3:00
10		Boyscout Thriller	3:41
11		Crack You Up	3:29
12		Bother (The Blushes)	5:02
13		Crazy
4:20
14.1		Carkeys, Ponytail And Gum	3:14
14.2		Untitled	2:49