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Happy Go Licky is the reformed incarnation of Rites of Spring that existed after the demise of One Last Wish. After Michael Hampton left One Last Wish Picciotto, Janney and Canty reunited with Eddie Janey but instead of getting back for Rite os Spring 2 they went all the way into left field with tape loops, samples, odd time signatures, and weird song structures. Happy Go Licky never produced any studio material so all of the bands work was recorded live and for a live recording it sounds ... read more
After D.C's Rites of Spring broke up in 1986 three of its members Picciotto, Janney and Canty teamed up with Michael Hampton,formerly of Embrace and Faith, for One Last Wish. To me One Last Wish picks up right where Rites of Spring left off, but to say that the band is just like their predecessor is wrong. Michael Hampton's strong rhythm guitar with Guy Picciotto's arpeggiations is a stroke of genius that Guy would later use in Happy Go Licky and Fugazi. !986 is quite a bit cleaner than most of ... read more
If your a true Hum fan Fillet Show is a must listen mainly to hear the inklings the to be band. Other than that most listeners will not be interested in this release mainly because Fillet Show is dwarfed in the overall spectrum of emo and post-hardcore. Some songs on the album like Space Fuck come off tight and cohesive but others like Staring at the Sun are strange and reminiscent of The Hated and R.E.M. The weird space themes that Hum is known for in their later works shows up but in a half ... read more
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