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Super 5 Thor


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Fans of VU, the Feelies, and especially Luna may have
found their more-than-worthy successor. The quiet,
almost hushed vocals combine with a melting guitar
slide a la Dean Wareham and Tom Verlaine. It's only a
matter of time before this hell of a driving
soundtrack for young urbanites churns in your head.
Joshua Mills
Strobe Magazine
June/July 1996

What is this??!!! I fucking love it!
Kramer 
(via e-mail)

A must for all those Galaxy 500/Luna fans. Slow somber
rhythms that glide easily with stunningly desperate
lyrics. "Breathe" is both beautiful and weary. The
lyrics conjure images of a lover who's been stabbed in
the back seven times."Why did you lead me on/why did
you forget me/why did you tell me/over and over/don't
forget to breathe." An eerie subsonic guitar washes
back and forth throughout, adding a certain uniqueness
to their sound. Anyone who appreciates the brilliance
of the Velvet Underground is likely to find Super 5
Thor an amazing find. It's perfect music for the road
on a long ride to nowhere. --WH
Carbon 14
July '96

What do you do when it's raining hard on a Sunday
morning? Put a few more logs on the fire, make some
mulled wine, and put on Super 5 Thor. Taking a cue
from Spiritualized and VU, they drift gently through a
musical wonderland, not quite Valium rock, and not
stoner music, but...calm. Floating on a zephyr of
easiness, nothing complicated. This is music for
soothing fevers and assuaging the winds of distress.
Their album "Ford" is like a sleeping child's face:
pure innocence and grace. It conjures up memories of
neon nights, strolling along the concrete avenue, a
light breeze blowing. Alone, not caring, chin lifted
to the night, a brief smile playing about the lips of
the moon. A night for white wine, legs dangling over
balcony railings, smirking at the stars. Songs that
will make you recline on the couch, loosen the buttons
on your shirt and sip slowly from your coffee mug,
melting into the music, the timeless, sonorous
feelings of security and comfort. Subtlety, that's it.
The subtlety of morning's light, the first gracing of
the world by cosmic rays. Super 5 Thor brushes against
the sonic canvas with a glancing stroke, gracing us
with tranquility and soft beauty. Clarendon Lavorich
Lollipop
June/July '96

I play this tape to remind myself why I got into the
music business. It reassures me that the universe is
in it's normal order. Super 5 Thor delivers beauty and
reflects pain in equal doses. At first I wanted to
keep it all to myself, like a secret weapon, but it's
just too good not to share.
Tricia Halloran
Brave New World: KCRW 89.9

The dense guitar haze that envelopes Super 5 Thor's
elegantly depleted songs seems to function as part
security blanket, part sinister shroud, as evidenced
by the quartet's mesmerizing debut, Ford. There are
nods to fellow travelers like the Jesus & Mary Chain
("Superstar") and Low ("Dyed Mary"), but Scott
Oliver's cloudy-but-eloquent lyrics and insinuating
whisper furnish a singularly effective landing pad for
descents of both the psychological and pharmaceutical
variety. Far from being mere voluntary slowcore
exiles, Super 5 Thor function as guerrillas in the
mist.
Request
May 1996 

Super 5 Thor's debut "Ford" takes us down a foggy path
of dreamy, surreal soundscapes. Undulant vocals usher
us along atop whooshy, effects-laden guitars, never
hurrying the experience or the mood. Why doesn't
everyone make music this lovely?
Lorry Fleming
Music Universe

The Space side's "Superstar" is a brilliant example of
Super 5 Thor's delicate Velvet Underground-meets-The
Jesus and May Chain brand of rock. Sparse,
vibrato-tinged, and soaring guitars and drugged-out
vocals that the Reid brothers can be envious of are
backed up by simple, steady drumming. "Lonesome" is
not nearly as remarkable as its Space side compatriot.
On the Echo side, more of the blissed-out haze with
"Drive" not quite matching the silent power of "Blue."
Good, very good. (cmc)
Grid Magazine
May 1996

Pretend it's 1990. Most "floating" clubs (the kind
that occur once a month in old, condemned hotels) are
devoted entirely to the music of the Jesus and Mary
Chain, Love and Rockets, and the Velvet Underground.
While a band called Galaxie 500 flails in the college
charts, Super 5 Thor has already conquered the
modern-rock stations. In heavy rotation are three
superb tracks from FORD, featuring the sinewy vocals
of Scott: "Lonesome," a two-chord lullaby with a bass
line as thick as rope: "Dyed Mary," a tender ballad of
post-punkers in love, and "America's Son," the kind of
song that makes weeping so pleasureable. But it's not
1990. Bush rules the airwaves now, and the heroin-rock
slot on most stations is filled by the Cowboy Junkies
and Mazzy Star. Will Super 5 Thor get the recognition
it deserves? Only time will tell.
East Bay Express 
June 96 

If you've ever driven down a deserted desert highway
at twilight, feeling so fatigued that you're numb and
so exhausted that you're giddy, you know exactly what
it's like to experience Super 5 Thor's "Ford". Super 5
Thor sinks deep into your skull and tickles the part
of your brain that you're only aware of after missing
two consecutive nights of sleep. Combining spacey
psychedelic guitar chords and sluggish, murmured
vocals with poppy song structures that trudge toward
that mystical point where the road meets the sky, the
quartet carries the torch of its mentors proudly,
sounding surprisingly fresh and new. The hypnotic
vibrations of "Superstar", "Breath", and the aptly
titled, "Tired" are the high points of a disk that
simmers contentedly on a far back burner with no
intention of ever breaking into a boil. A beautiful
cohesive collection of songs that clocks in under 40
minutes, yet seems much, much longer. "Ford" is the
perfect soundtrack for overcast days when mental
capacities have maxed out in second gear.
CMJ b Jackpot! 
April b96 

Tubeless Ignition EP. These four songs wear their
influence tattooed all over their sleeves. Webre
talking the morosely honeyed balladic vein of the
Jesus & Mary Chain channeled through Loubs "Sunday
Morning" vibe. Super 5 Thorbs deliquescent bliss pop
may be derivative but the execution is impeccable. And
it's better to worship the Mary Chain than grunge's
status woe lineage any day.
Alternative Press
June '96 

With obvious debts owed to Spiritualized (heavy and
ambient) and the Jesus And Mary Chain (soft and surf),
Super 5 Thor is still original enough to make me
eagerly await a full-length. In fact, one of the four
songs here is brilliant; the elasticated slow-motion
guitar/bass thrum and subtle Beach Boysian vocal
harmonies of "Lonesome" convey its title so perfectly
I want to hear it over and over again during my
private moments.
MAGNET
April/May '96 

Somewhat droning, airy, psychedelic, acid-drenched pop
music that comes off like a breath of fresh air amidst
the continuing onslaught of "alternative bands" with
no real talent or songwriting skills. After hearing
this band, I can honestly recommend that you pick up
just about ANYTHING with the Echostatic/Space Baby
label on it. . . .I highly recommend this CD to folks
into heady, surreal pop. This is just like having a
good dream . . . Maybe BETTER, Ah . . .
BabySue
January-February 1996

 



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Kurt Cobain
I thought what a shame it wasn't about
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