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New LP - A Frames - 333 - 3xLP - Not too long ago, S.S. Records brought us the terrific Ozzie 2xLP retrospective
and here we are just a couple months later offering up another muli-disc S.S.
release. "333" is a simply staggering 3xLP collection of A Frames rarities /
demos/ and outtakes. Here's what the head honchos at S-S Records have to
say for themselves:
"For S.S. Records fiftieth release we are very, very, very proud to announce
the A Frames 333 triple album. Back in 2000, when SS, Sr. first saw the A
Frames, he knew he had to start a new record label to release their stuff. And
with the help of SS, Jr., that is what he did. From the Plastica 45 to two critically
acclaimed full lengths and a couple more 45s, the A Frames/S.S. relationship
remained so solid that when the A Frames jumped to Sub Pop records, the S.S.
production team of Chris Woodhouse and Scott Soriano went along for the ride.
So now, after years of talk, SS and the A Frames have gathered their singles and
e.p.s together with a whole bunch of demo recordings, outtakes, and unreleased
tracks for a 42 song, triple album set.
"Wow! Forty two songs, that is a lot!" you are thinking, "Is all of it good?" Damn
it, yes! First off, 333 comps all the songs that appeared on 7"s released by S.S.
and Royal Records, plus one compilation track. Second, almost every A Frames
song was demo'd on 4-track before it was played out and recorded proper.
By the time the public got to hear the demo'd songs, some of them had been
radically altered or rearranged...and some never made it past demo. We listened
to dozens and dozens of demos and cherry-picked the best and most unique.
And, third, from the A Frames first recordings in 2000 and those with Woodhouse
to the abandoned AF4 LP, the band has generated plenty of outtakes, quality
music that didn't quite fit on an album or never got paired with a B-side for a
45. We also dug through those. All in all, the A Frames and SS sorted through
nearly 80 songs in order to create this statement of a set. From the onset the A
Frames have blown away fans and critics. Their first two singles received much
praise, setting up their 2002 debut album for many mentions as the record of the
year, called "one of the few great American rock records" by Thurston Moore and
Byron Coley. Their second album received even more praise, as did the handful
of singles they after, as well as their third album Black Forest. The A Frames
are one of the few bands never to have released a bad or mediocre record. We
thought about that when assembling 333, for we didn't want this one to be a dud.
We are very confident that like the neutron bomb that blasted the A Frames off,
we have one hell of a post-punk explosion here."
We couldn't have said it any better. Fans of the A Frames will find a lot to love
here. For those new to the band, we recommend starting here especially since
as S.S. said, all the songs are good, and secondarily because the first two
A Frames LPs and all of their 7"s are long out-of-print. "Black Forest" is still
available somehow and we recommend that LP as well. Also, A Frames are
touring this summer. Get ready, Chicago! They hit us on August 21st for the first
time in ages! We're stoked and we can't stop spinning this 3xLP.