Kleenex Girl Wonder: Classic or Dud?

Coincidentally was listening to that for the first time in years yesterday. A lot to be said for the teenage KGW era

Ponyoak is incredible, surprised i never knew about it earlier as a lifelong superfan of 90s GBV which is obviously the closest reference point

Weird timing, I got in the mood for Smith’s solo “Final Battle” earlier this week and have been randomly dipping into it (it was my album of the year in 2004)

(I don’t know why I never sought out his other stuff. Maybe this one just hit it too well.)

Ponyoak is all-time. Though it doesn't really hit at all like GBV for me. Probability two left feet!

"the mohican antler-yard alphabet" and "mayflower looks at asia" are basically robert pollard songs and "power bird" is basically a tobin sprout song which is enough for me to draw the lines but yeah the rest of the album is more diverse

Yeah I’d say the GBV influence is more noticeable in his pre-Ponyoak stuff. “What Is Your Posture?”doesn’t just sound like GBV, it sounds like an absolutely classic GBV song that they’d probably still be playing at every show if Bob had written it.

https://kleenexgirlwonder.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-your-posture