Why isn't there a thread where we can gush about the Blake Babies?

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"Lament", "Out There" and "I'll Take Anything" as any artist's trifecta is mightily impressive. While I concede that the records are not always consistent, the peaks are so heartwrenching and beautifully crafted. And as mentioned on ILM before, God Bless The Blake Babies is surprisingly good, though it lacks that seemingly innocent and naked songwriting that drew me to them in the first place.

alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Saturday, 11 February 2006 14:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

"I'm Not Your Mother" is still my fave. "Girl in a Box" is like proto-Weezer or something.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 11 February 2006 14:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

i've always loved their cover of "temptation eyes." and i allowed to use my time here to rave about juliana hatfield's awesome sunshine grunge album only everything?

fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 11 February 2006 17:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Sunburn is wonderful. and i'd like to rant about Juliana's "Hey Babe" while im at it

swinburningforyou, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

sunburn is a really good record, although it doesn't resonate with me quite like it did when i was 18

rosy jack world is my favourite by far though

electricsound, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

I played Only Everything for MC the other day after having ranted on about it to him months before and he loves it too. Sunshine grunge is it, absolutely.

2for25, Friday, 30 November 2007 03:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

With the tide of early 90's revivalism rising, these guys are due any day now for a comeback.

baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 09:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

Which would be nice for them in terms of money. But I think that the major appeal of the Blake Babies was that they sounded very young (Juliana had the voice of a 13 year old).

Amenaza Elegante, Thursday, 3 April 2008 14:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

Not sure Hatfield really needs the money

baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 14:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

They released an album seven years ago.

Andy K, Thursday, 3 April 2008 15:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

i need to get earwig one of these days

electricsound, Thursday, 3 April 2008 23:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

I need to go back to 92
Doctor!

Fer Ark, Thursday, 3 April 2008 23:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

The 2000 or 2001 LP is good!

I have been listening to this very old mini-LP (7 tracks, c.1988?) on vinyl - purple & white sleeve; crikey I don't even know what it's called. But it's terrific!

the pinefox, Monday, 20 October 2008 14:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

"Girl In A Box" has been one of my favorites for years, but I'm just now hearing Sunburn for the 2nd time.. the first time was last night. I didn't realize she sings on almost everything.

billstevejim, Thursday, 22 March 2012 04:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Strohm was gonna write an entire book about his early days including this band, I hope he puts that out someday.

Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

he had heaps of stuff up on a blog about the blake babies history from his perspective for a while which was really interesting, i would be a shame if he didn't do something with it

roadie road (electricsound), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah that's what I was talking about, we come from the same Indiana scene and that was the Musical Family Tree page. he pulled all of those entries cause he wanted to put them into book form, then Facebook took over and I haven't heard anything more.

Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

Try again

Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 July 2012 03:30 (10 months ago) Permalink

(maybe it's that endscreen that messes up the embedding)

Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 July 2012 03:30 (10 months ago) Permalink


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