Red Dye No. 5 "Not You Again" 7 inch (Candy Floss Records/1995)

If you happened to dig the Poastal Here 7 inch that I posted earlier than this 7 inch by San Diego based Red Dye No. 5 maybe of interest to you as they play the same type of female fronted, fuzzy guitar indie pop that meshes together the sounds of early Velocity Girl and Lush. In Red Dye No. 5 I also detect some Dinosaur Jr and Madder Rose. Regardless, they are another band of this ilk that I wish I knew more and subsequently had more tunes of theirs to rock out to. To my knowledge in addition to the Not You Again 7 inch they released the Fuzzbomb 7 inch on Silver Girl Records as well contributing tracks to the Pop American Style and Pure Spun Sugar. However, according to this website there was to be a split 7 inch w/ Red 5, a stand alone 7 inch on Darla (which I asked the label, they never released it), and a full length lp/cd on Flip Records but I searched high and low and have yet to find tangible proof that these records ever actually came out. If they did I'd love to hear them. Anyhow check out this offering from Red Dye No. 5, the b side even has a cover of the Blondie classic "Heart of Glass".

Red Dye No.5 Not You Again track listing
1. Not You Again
2. Heart of Glass

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Poastal "Here" 7 inch (Candy Floss Records/1995)

Today's post  comes from a absolutely wonderful yet obscure west coast female fronted indie pop that touches upon the same style of noisy guitar yet tuneful sounds that made bands like Velocity Girl and Lush household names among indie rock fans in the 90s. As far as I have been able to dig Poastal didn't release much material which is a shame because after listening to all their tunes I simply want more. In addition to the magnificent two song single Here that I am sharing with you here today Poastal also released a split single with #Poundsign#, a three way split 7 inch with Further and Diskothi-Q for Over the Wall Fanzine and lastly a contribution for the amazing Candy Floss Records compilation Pure Spun Sugar.  A friend of mine claims that there was a demo tape in existence as well though neither of us have ever actually heard so it may very well not exist though it wouldn't be out of the question. I hope it does because I want to hear more. This is indie rock done exactly the way I like it-noisy yet tuneful guitars, crisp vocals and super catchy. I wish I knew more about this great band so I could share more info with you all. However, I do own all of the actual records I have cited here and shall share them over time. One fact about Poastal is that the drummer is none other than Yoshi Nakamoto who has also been in such noteworthy indie pop bands as The Aislers Set and Scenic Vermont.

Poastal Here track listing
1. Here
2. The Absolute Magnitude of Negative Five

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