One of my favorite things to do when i travel is visit record stores. That activity is only rivaled by eating local and exotic foods. I've got quite a few souvenirs from my travels by way of CDs. I picked up this #transmegetti disc the first time my old indie rock band played North Hampton in Massachusetts. That same day we had eaten at a vegan/vegetarian restaurant called Grasshoppers (that type of restaurant was still a novelty 17 years ago) we played at an art space called The Flywheel (a place we played at a few times over the years) with a band called The Warren Commission (who we became pretty tight with and had invited to back to Buffalo to olay a couple of times) the guitarist of that band ended up mastering our full length album. I can remember all if these details but i cannot remember the name of the store where i purchased this disc. I remember it was near the main square of town. I remember i overheard locals talking about sightings of J. Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. And people from Sonic Youth (all of whom apparently lived there). This disc is chaotic indie rock with a post punk vibe. I had read reviews of them in fanzines and their name had been scrawled into my sketchbooks so i recognized the moniker and had never seen the cd back home so i snatched it up as an adventure treasure. Upon re listening to this it makes me smile. It really encapsulates the kind of stuff i was buying at the turn of the century. Everyone in the band bought stuff at the store and i remember this disc getting a non-reaction in the van on our way to Hartford Connecticut. I got internally defensive and this disc kind of became a loved runt for me. It has made it through many prunes of my collection because of that van ride and my soft spot for it.
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