Slovenly - C/D & S/D

why Drag City or some label like that never leapt at this opportunity is beyond me...

I just bought After the Original Style and Thinking of Empire after only having them digitally for many years from the same seller on Discogs and they arrived in a package postmarked from, you guessed it, Drag City.

Big connection between drag city and the slovs is that Tom Watson plays on some of those later red krayola records that dc put out

I've never ventured into Red Krayola. Is it worthwhile for a Slovenly guy like myself?

Not fully investigated them tbh but i didn't really enjoy the couple I heard at all

to take it back to Slovenly, this song rules the wasteland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSHwD_UE_w

that final "I'm NOT LOOOOONNNNNNEE-LEEEEEEE" part = shivers

Yeah, I think as far as capturing an isolated mood that's equal parts doom and somehow hopeful, they were kings. It's like a melancholy happiness. Such a unique feeling that they were able to capture.

https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/food/2015-12-01/remembering-steve-anderson

is this the same steve anderson? this obit seems to paint the picture of him as an austin scene dude, but weren't the slovs mainly bay area / west coast dudes?

this is steve from slovenly sitting atop the ladder: https://img.discogs.com/v8LovkNFJgTyQrK-dIDhP7kbFWI=/600x423/smart/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-315042-1497127252-7384.jpeg.jpg

Doesn’t look like the same guy so i’m pretty sure that’s a different Steve Anderson. From discogs it seems like there were two different punk bands called toxic shock in the early 80s, one with some slovenly guys (Watson, ziegler and anderson) and another from Austin that had David Yow on bass and the other Steve Anderson on guitar.

Hey just found this new slovenly interview that was in PSF a couple of months back! Steve Anderson lives!

http://www.furious.com/perfect/slovenly.html

holy shit, nick! that link is invaluable. what a find! i am ever so grateful.

Having been introduced to Slovenly in the late 80s, I've been revisiting them a lot during lockdown. What a band! I'd love a Numero group style boxset. Does anyone know why on the CDs of 'Riposte' and 'We Shoot...' the running order is different to the vinyl with the A and B sides swapped? Just curious.