The Moon Seven Times – “My Medicine” 7”
Parasol, 1992
Acquired: Love Garden Shotgun Room, Used, 2008
Price: $.25
Whilst combing the erstwhile Alt-Rock 7” section of the Love
Garden Shotgun Room, one of the record labels that immediately sent a record to
my keeper pile was Parasol. Parasol covered all angles of the indie-pop
spectrum and released records by bands that were great but never quite made it
as big as they should have (Wolfie, Strawberry Story, The Like Young) in
addition to releasing a hundred plus records from random bands no one has ever
heard of. Which is great, because they’re often the sort of bands who
contributed one magnificent track to the world and then faded into oblivion.
Champaign, Illinois’ The Moon Seven Times
weren’t necessarily one of those bands, but the three dream pop tracks on
this 7” are more than serviceable.
Lynn Canfield’s vocals lend an unfortunate 90s-ness to the whole affair,
but just a little bit. All is forgiven, though, since overall these three
tracks are quite pleasant. The whole “ethereal dream pop” angle tends to
produce a lot of boring music and requires a bit more effort than your average
alt-rock since if the songwriting isn’t up to snuff or the music isn’t ornately
beautiful enough you run the risk of putting the audience to sleep (which was
mostly rectified by bands amping up the reverb and distortion and calling it
shoegaze). That said, the Moon Seven Times are snoozy, but have just enough
gumption to keep me from falling out of my chair.
"My Medicine"
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