Roller Rink Skate Date (LP1: Watercourse) (3:48)
Crispin Glover Weekend (2:16)
Iris (LP2: In Wallace's Shadow) (4:22)
Phil The Water Sweep (4:06)
Norman (LP3: Boilermaker) (3:47)
Last Stop On The Way To Vegas (4:53)
From Phoenix At Four (6:21)
Here Comes Rolling (3:04)
Thinner Runs Through Her (4:30)
Used To Be (LP4: Nowhere To Go From Here) (3:26)
Beseme Mucho You Fucker (2:05)
Why Is Grandma On The Roof? (2:29)
Trunk (live At Che Fest) (6:04)
Review: Calling on major chords for their riffs, emotional angst for lyrical delivery and motoring juggernauts for basslines, the driving rhythms of Boilermaker were hard to ignore once you found them back in the 1990s. Emerging from the San Diego guitar scene at a time when Gen X was obsessed with post-hardcore, the trio - Terrin Durfey, Tim Semple, and Richard Sanderson - described their counterpoint as 'Leucadia-core'. If you need a lesson in what that means, Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done is probably the best place to begin. Three albums, a stack of singles and rarities. In total, 41 tracks spread over a sprawling four LP box set with a 24 page book to read while immersing yourself. And yes, there's a test at the end to check you actually paid attention. (Juno legal disclaimer: there is no test).
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