TFUL 282's fantastic second album, originally released in 1989.

TFUL 282's second album. Stands with their best material. Originally released in 1989 on vinyl, on CD in 1994. Both now out of print.

"Kicks ass! Not in a "kick ass" way, but definitely in a post-mid-period-Sonic-Youth way. The electric guitars are cranked up really loud in chimey ringing hypnotic clamor, and the hooks are sproutin' up all over! "Sister Hell" grooves and plops with a hilarious shouted refrain, "Change Your Mind" makes more weird left turns than the classic "Loose Lip Sync Ship" by The Hogs, and ahh hoo. All the other songs are great too, with the possible exception of "It Wasn't Me," which has kind of a dopey verse part.

I honestly don't have much to say about the record except that the melodies are really great and generally in your face, which is to say there's not much (if any) lo-fi noodling. Real listenable, occasionally a bit too silly (but who am I to talk? No, while we're here in this parenthese, let's take a look at this. What does the element of humor add to the Fellers' sound? On the up side, it keeps them from coming across as stuck up serious artists. On the down side, some of their joking around - dumb voices, mainly - is as irritating as the between-song patter on that live Monkees album. I'm sure you know the one I'm talking about. On the whole, I'm glad that they have a good sense of humor, because some of their little ditties, especially on Lovelyville, are hilarious! But sometimes it backfires and they sound like "Weird Al" Yankovic. That's all I'm saying.), but mostly a terrific outing that calls up that ages old dilemma - how come so many great albums are ignored by everybody in the world ever? Seriously. This is a great album. 9 out of 10" Mark Prindle