Tullycraft – Our Days in Kansas
Tullycraft have just released The Singles via their website, a 22 song collection that includes their singles (obviously), songs that appeared on compilations and a couple of live tracks too. Shipping to the UK is a little pricey but I’m in no doubt that it’ll be worth it. There are few bands these days that I feel compelled to collect a complete collection of, but Tullycraft are one of them.
Our Days in Kansas is taken from their 2005 Disenchanted Hearts Unite album and is just about my favourite thing they’ve record. Yes, that includes Twee, too. It’s all over the place, time changing and getting more or less excitable depending on what it is getting nostalgic about. Whether it be caustic one-liners (“Did you want a response or just someone to edit?”) to the considerably more dark (“Sometimes I wish we’d kept the baby”). It still ultimately decides that “things were so much easier in 1993″ though. Which unfortunately is probably true for most of us.
Zoinks! I have this cd. It is a must for any fan of Tullycraft or indie pop in general. Look how we killed the riot grrrls is astounding.