Clearance At Your Leisure 2LP widespine sleeve + CD OBSCENERY 2

OBSCENERY 2

offering a lot of prime Cooke for not much coin

but not the primary focus -- it was part of a colorful tapestry of lush ballads and strings

The producer's hand is prominent--not least in the sampled "yeah"s and "uh"s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence--and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music

The trio of Calvin Johnson

Clearance At Your Leisure 2LP widespine sleeve + CD OBSCENERY 2Taking equal cues from the Flying Nun school of arty guitar pop, classic British post punk and otherwise Velvets indebted rock,Chicagos Clearance mixes eras and styles with ease (you're likely to hear as much Parquet Courts as the Soft Boys, for instance) and the result is a focused but coolly off the cuff sound that appeals to both the record collector fanzine set and casual rock fans alike. After a string of self released 7"s and tapes began