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Bratmobile's second 12", and their last release for close to six years, 1994's The Real Janelle is a big step up from the chaotic Pottymouth, both in musical skill and clarity of thought. The songs are more pointed -- "Brat Girl" is a violent screed holding up the infamous suburban high school serial rapists "the Spur Posse" as the ultimate result of the kind of emotional abuse touched on in "And I Live in a Town Where the Boys Amputate Their Hearts" -- and also more subtle. The low-key, quietly tense "Yeah, Huh?" is almost downright pretty in comparison to a full-force punk-rocker like "Die," but even the latter song is more controlled and direct than Bratmobile's earliest releases. The highlight, however, is the title track, the catchiest song of Bratmobile's career, and a scrappy punk-pop D.I.Y. classic. ~ Stewart Mason
Recorded at Avast, Seattle, Washington in July 1993.
Personnel: Allison, Slim Moon (vocals); Erin Smith (guitar); Molly (drums).
Audio Mixers: Slim Moon; Stuart Hallerman; Bratmobile.
Recording information: Avast, Seattle, WA (07/1993).
Bratmobile: Allison (vocals); Erin Smith (guitar); Molly (drums).
Option (8/94, p.93) - "...THE REAL JANELLE still sports Bratmobile's trademark surf-guitar-for-beginners stuttering over a minimally bashed snare, but played much harder than before..." Bratmobile Real Janelle Songs Real Janelle Review
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Purchase Real Janelle CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Sleater-Kinney Call The Doctor CD (1996)
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Sleater-Kinney's masterful sophomore effort Call the Doctor fulfills all the promise of the group's debut and more, forging taut melodicism and jaw-dropping sonic complexity out of barbed-wire emotional potency. The emergence of Carrie Brownstein as an equal shareholder in Corin Tucker's vision is the key -- her four contributions (particularly "Stay Where You Are" and "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone") are stellar, ...
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The first and only full-length album Bratmobile released during its initial period of activity -- in the '90s, the indie music scene was really all about the 7," the format on which Bratmobile made the most of its abilities -- 1993's Pottymouth neatly encapsulates everything Bratmobile was about. At heart, this means that Pottymouth is about the early-'90s indie scene, about the D.I.Y. life in the post-Nirvana age where it seemed like anything could happen. Like many bands formed around the Olympia scene, the three members of Bratmobile were as much or more fans as they were musicians: it is not an insult to say that any three committed punk rock fans in and around the K Records/Kill Rock Stars orbit could have made this album, but merely ...
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