national heroes | beautiful korma

second of 3 releases i have by national heroes (i did have a tape too but i think i got rid of it, like a twat), this one is characteristically enigmatic with next to info on the sleeve. what i can tell you is this is a four-track single-sided record, possibly released on real big circle - at least that's who is listed as copyright holder.

a rather scratchy rip, it has to be said. but then national heroes are a pretty lo-fi band.

i forgot to scan it before it was returned to storage, but here's a pic i found...

7" released by real big circle in 1995?

get it.

national heroes | interplanetary music

i really can't tell you much about national heroes, except they made a joyous racket and seemed decidedly uncareerist in their approach, releasing cassettes on obscure tape labels, 7" singles with no tracklistings or useful info whatsoever and decidedly lo-fi production values. stylistically an obvious reference would be the stoner indie rockisms of sebadoh and guided by voices, for their playfulness as well as the sound quality. but they're also willing to try their hand at surf, country, heavy rock and indie pop. whatever takes their fancy it seems. rightly so.

this album was released by theme park in 1995 (again).

suck it up.

various | our salvation is in hand

following on from abridged perversion is this gem of a compilation, stuffed to the gills with lo-fi 4-track songs from the days when people still had 4-tracks. makes me nostalgic for the days of cutting out tape inlays and gluing labels and stuffing jiffy bags full of flyers. in other words the days before the internet came along and stole our innocence.

features my favourite mountain goats song ever, alpha omega. theme park was a great label too.

released in 1995 on theme park.

::: paul nini - down to the floor
::: the bruces - beginning to see the red light fade
::: father - teach us
::: the mountain goats - alpha omega
::: bucknalls - travelsick
::: simon joyner - sorrow floats
::: neil mcclury - untitled
::: national heroes - untitled
::: the losers - she never promised
::: paste - 68x8
::: matthew hattie hein & wham o - new house basement
::: franklin bruno - cat scratch fever
::: steve lindstrom - me and the weatherman
::: m-ways - the last deep mine
::: fungoboat - radio city
::: spacehopper - spoken for
::: mark s - stephen
::: the post - the joy of spring
::: brown tower - bacterial home
::: nick jackman - fucked up & free
::: trewavas - who needs me?
::: yak & - my own fiefdom
::: party of one - hit the north 3
::: the mountain goats - hand ball
::: john davis - waiting for my wife
::: hood - art without precedent or tradition

hit me up. *re-upped at 320mbps*