Cop and Speeder [Sea Green Vinyl]

Heatmiser - Cop and Speeder [Vinyl]

Limited Edition of 500 copies on Sea Green Vinyl... Heatmiser's Cop and Speeder takes a few steps away from the hooky orientation of both it's Yellow No. 5 EP and 1993's Dead Air - the dark and only vaguely indie rock constructions it explores has the blues- and soul-based edge of it's peers like AFGHAN WHIGS, lending a sense of depth and sophistication to the record that's occasionally preferable to the punchier, angrier sound of it's first two Frontier Records releases. Co-songwriter and guitar player Neil Gust's knack for anthemic choruses infused with coiled passion makes the FUGAZI comparison particularly appropriate. Elliott Smith called Cop and Speeder his favorite Heatmiser album.

 
Tracks

1 Disappearing Ink
2 Bastard John
3 Flame!
4 Temper
5 Why Did I Decide to Stay?
6 Collect to NYC
7 Hitting on the Waiter
8 Busted Lip
9 Antonio Carlos Jobim
10 It's Not a Prop
11 Something to Lose
12 Sleeping Pill
13 Trap Door
14 Nightcap