Bedroom Walls - Do the Buildings and Cops Make You Smile? 7" (2005)

 Anytime I go to an independent record store I have to buy something. It's very rare that I ever find anything that I'm actually looking for but I like to support the few remaining record stores so I make it a point to buy something whatever it may be. I never buy anything I'm familiar with so I aim for anything that seems obscure, independent, and little-known.

The last time I went to a record store I bought 5 records that I had never heard of before. This is one of them. I think I played it once and decided it wasn't for me and I never touched it again until today. It's on clear vinyl that looks brand new and in absolutely perfect condition like it was never touched by human hands but it sounds like complete shit. 

Surprisingly I really appreciated the A-side. It's standard dream-pop with twangy guitar but I thought it was really well-written and well-performed. The B-side isn't bad but I really like the A-side and I think the horrible vinyl crackling and popping somehow goes well with it. 

This band put out two albums and both songs from this single are on the albums and I don't know if they have been re-recorded or not but I'm guessing that no matter what I'll prefer to listen to my crackling version over the cleaner CD version. Of course I don't have their albums but they are now on my wantlist.

 

EDIT: This single and both albums are available on YOUTUBE. 

Oh well. I spent all that time doing the rips and scans so I'm posting it anyway. And I do like my crackly version better than the clean version. At least you get the full scans of the covers and the beautiful vinyl itself so there's that.

 

A - Do the Buildings and Cops Make You Smile?

B - Kathy in Her Bedroom 

DOWNLOAD from Pixeldrain

 

(It has already been blocked by Mediafire so that link is DOA)

 

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