Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sleep Of Reason - Building 27 (1987)


I don't know much about Sleep Of Reason. They released one album on Top Records in 1987 and came from the Vienna, Virginia area apparently. Band members were Steve Hansgen, Tom Rowland, Arnie Karklis and Vince Silberberg.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Random Eighties Memories February 2020


Laughing Stock - The Boy Who Never Sleeps
(from Pipe Dreams, 1985)

Quasi Hands - Lovelife
(from Quasi Hands, 1985)

These Are Houseplants - Sunshine Anytime
(from Nashville Rock, 1987)

Playing At Trains - A World Without Love
(12" Single, 1987)

One - Son Of The Sun
(from Upstream, 1989)

Lung Overcoat - Voice In The Box
(from Climbing Up The Hill, 1986)

Aerial FX - Out Of The Window
(from Watching The Dance, 1982)

Second Thoughts - Wrapped
(7" Single, 1985)

A Drop In The Ocean - Valentine's Day

Head For Tall Trees - A Question Of Love
(from Certain Damage! Volume 1, 1987)

Monica's Interval - To Follow
(from Tortoise, 1989)

Blue Hollow - Inhale
(from Stealing A Whisper, 1986)

Vis A Vis - I Am The Night
(from Heart And Soul, 1985)

Other Bright Colors - NPR
(from Endlessly Rocks The Cradle, 1986)

Cassell Webb - Total Recall
(from Llano, 1985)

House Of Pants - Pressed (1984)

I don't normally buy 6 track EPs (actually these days I don't buy much of anything) but anyways this one sat on my discogs.com want list for quite a while before I got it back in 2017.

House Of Pants was another Oakland California band and the brainchild of Jeff Saltzman, who released a couple of EPs, including this one on Amorous Records and played around town before heading off into the legal field. In the 90's he was part of Green Day's management team. There's not much more information out there that I could find.

Pressed

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