Toad The Wet Sprocket
Bread And Circus
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Toad The Wet Sprocket
Bread And Circus
CBS, 1989
RiYL: R.E.M., Freddy Jones Band, The Smiths, Liz |
Bread And Circus is a collection of songs Toad had worked up over two years of playing the Santa Monica club circuit. The album doesn't have the cohesive flow the band would find with later releases like Pale and Fear, but their songs were good from the get-go.
"When We Recovered" and "One Little Girl" show two emotional sides to the band's songwriting, and the superb "Know Me" portends the band's future efforts in one track -- plaintive acoustic strumming, acerbic minor-key angst and a soaring, defiant chorus.
TROY CARPENTER | Troy Carpenter founded NATN from a Chicago apartment during the ambitious winter of 1998 with co-conspirators Ben French and Jonathan Cohen. After a five-year stint in New York, he and wife Lourdes have recently relocated to Indianapolis, where he spends days listening to music and nights in the kitchen at Elements restaurant. Musical heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Super Furry Animals. What else makes life worth living: Sushi, Phucty, runs in the park, and the Atlanta Braves.