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ARTIST
GRIFTERS, THE
TITLE
So Happy Together
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SORCERER RECORDS
CATALOG #
SORC 1007LP
SORC 1007LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/6/2018
Sorcerer Records present a reissue of
The Grifters
'
So Happy Together
, originally released in 1992. Memphis's Grifters made some of the finest recordings of
Clinton
-era America, with a number of albums on labels such as Shangri-La (their second and third LPs) and then Sub Pop for their remaining two albums. Their mixture of Memphis blues/roots influences, classic pop songwriting, and lo-fi aesthetics saw them as one of the shining lights of the '90s indie-rock scene. Here, Sorcerer Records reissue their first full-length LP,
So Happy Together
, out of circulation for over two decades. Originally released in 1992 on the Chicago indie label, Sonic Noise, which ceased operations not long after the album was released (hence many Grifters fans having never heard this very recording), the Grifters'
So Happy Together
is an absolute masterpiece of lo-fi slapped-together rock & roll. Less "rootsy" than their subsequent music, it sees the band navigating their way through ten sublimely inventive, non-generic "rock" tracks which beggar comparison. Well, at the time they were compared to the likes of
Pavement
,
Guided By Voices
,
Trumans Water
, et al. and other practitioners of stumbling no-fi sounds, but the Grifters' deft grasp of song dynamics, mixing up quiet balladry with booming guitar explosions inhabiting the same song surely puts them in their own bracket, no? In a review of the album at the time, they were claimed to be the missing link twixt the
Wipers
and
Mission Of Burma
(stealing comparisons from others), and 25 years later, such a claim still doesn't seem totally ridiculous. Anyway! The time is ripe for the world to rediscover the sheer genius of the Grifters. The Fat Possum label reissued their second and third albums, and now it's time to hear where it all began.
So Happy Together
comes fully remastered from the original tapes by
Mikey Young
. Housed in the original artwork in a heavy 425gm sleeve; Includes an insert featuring exclusive photos from the time and new liner notes from the band's
Tripp Lamkins
.
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