Small Factory – “The Last Time That We Talked” 7”
Vernon Yard, 1994
Acquired: Love Garden, Used, 2008
Price: $1
“The Last Time That We Talked” is one of my favorite
alt-rock tracks from the mid-90s. It’s absolutely perfect. Alex Kemp delivers
the bitter college rock dude tirade while Phoebe Summersquash sweetens the
affair with backing vocals that accent and harmonies on the chorus that
absolutely make the song. In my head, this is what I think is cool: Three
people from Rhode Island playing for no glory, and nobody but themselves. It’s
a crying shame that their tiny output remains locked away in obscurity, because
their discography is so very, very good. The b-side “Movies” turns up the
band’s sensitive side and serves as excellent contrast to the rolling pure pop
bliss of the a-side. Though Alex Kemp and Phoebe Summersquash continued on via
their band the Godrays, neither seems to have any musical output after 1997,
which is unbearably sad considering how great these songs are.
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