Letters To Cleo

Letters To Cleo burst into one-hit-wonderdom when the tongue-twister-chorused "Here And Now" plopped off the "Melrose Place" soundtrack and onto MTV. The song was taken from the Boston quintet's de jure debut Aurora Gory Alice and actually did give a valid impression of the group's sound: uptempo power pop with flair and the distinctive cracked-honey vocals of Kay Hanley.

The group went on to release two more full albums in its short career: Wholesale Meats And Fish, which took on more of a guitar-heavy, acid-tinged sound than its predecessor, and Go!, which (though recorded without skinsman Stacy Jones, who left to try his hand in Veruca Salt) re-energized the group's sound.

Sister followed in 1998, collecting some covers and early versions of previously released songs alongside a handful of originals, but the group was losing steam. Hanley married guitarist Michael Eisenstein and soon began work on a solo album, to be released in 2002. And the music lived on happily ever after.

Album reviews

Go!
Revolution (1997)
Pop, anyone?

Wholesale Meats And Fish
Giant (1995)
Boston-based band Letters To Cleo, best known for the "Melrose Place" soundtrack single "Here And Now," came back in form with its sophomore effort Wholesale Meats And Fish.

Aurora Gory Alice
Cherry Disc (1993)
Spirited and warm pop songs populate the full-length debut of Letters To Cleo.