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Sunday's Worst Enemy
1997
by request
Sunday's Worst Enemy Review
by Jack Rabid
Now that Americans' faddish fascination with
the Wannadies,
the Cardigans,
and others has faded, all the Scandinavian bands gave up guitars and
went back to being waiters and CD store clerks, right? It may seem that
way from the return to U.S. media silence -- on to other playthings, as
usual -- but Sweden in particular continues to be a hornets' nest of
loud and roaring rock & roll. Starmarket might be the most ferocious
of all, judging from this 1997 reissue on top of the fearsome
foursome's smackin' recent LP Calendar (also released in the U.S. via
Deep Elm). The production is immense and teeth-rattling; the guitars,
bass, and drums blast at full-throttle as though ear damage is a good
thing; and the double-tracked, throaty, frantic choruses are primed for
eruption. Comparisons to modern emo groups such as Promise Ring and
Jimmy Eat World
are more misleading than helpful; if anything, this far more headlong
and desperate rush is more rooted in the more pulverizing mid-'80s
Washington, D.C./Dischord mature punk/indie/emo slam to the gut, only
even better recorded. Seriously, if you're going to adhere to a ten- to
15-year-old form, you better bring the goods, and Starmarket is hotter
than August in Belize. Woah!
Calendar
Tracklist
| 1 |
| Wither |
| 2 |
| Everybody's Gone |
| 3 |
| North |
| 4 |
| Hate You Still |
| 5 |
| LosingTrack |
| 6 |
| Sell Your Friends |
| 7 |
| Into The Well |
Tracklist
| 1 |
| Repetition | 4:04 |
| 2 |
| Carry On | 2:16 |
| 3 |
| Ten Seconds | 2:21 |
| 4 |
| You Can't Come | 3:04 |
| 5 |
| Unsaid | 1:54 |
| 6 |
| Too Much Gone Wrong | 2:55 |
| 7 |
| Fool | 1:35 |
| 8 |
| Safe Bayou | 4:29 |
| 9 |
| So Sad | 2:36 |
| 10 |
| Worn-Out | 2:46 |
| 11 |
| Teenicider | 2:47 |
| 12 |
| Released (From You) | 2:45 |