Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!GAFFA.MIT.EDU!Love-Hounds-request From: Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: hetch hetchy _swollen_ Message-ID: <9008181507.aa25948@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu> Date: 18 Aug 90 19:07:32 GMT Sender: Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU Reply-To: Love-Hounds@gaffa.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu Really-From: woj picked up their new record in nyc for a few dollars a few days ago... wow. i was slightly prepared since i already had _make djibouti_, but this still blew me away. moody, melodic, dark music comprised mostly of deep basslines and drums, _swollen_ pounds into the brain without using a hammer (i can't wait to get my turntable for the system so i can make a cassette recording for the walkman! i'm listening to it right now on a piss poor emerson compact stereo that, well, works). at times, _swollen_ also has a theatrical and dramatic feel to it that just heightens the effect. i think one way to put it is that hetch hetcy pushes the listener to the edge of a cliff, dangles them there for a few minutes until they are willing to fall and then leaves them hanging - like an orgasm waiting to be... woj (trivia: where does their name come from? kudos and a sloppy electronic kiss to the first correct answer - xicvickie and chris don't count... :)