Love That Album episode 68 is here. Any of you who know me
know of my love for power pop…and in that regard, we have a gem of an album to
discuss.

I’m joined by Melbourne musician, teacher, and fellow power
pop nut Rhys Lett to discuss the 1993 album “Spilt Milk” from San Francisco
band, Jellyfish. This was a huge step forward from their brilliant debut,
“Bellybutton”, but was also unfortunately their final album. Was it due to
public or record company apathy, or band friction? In this regard, they share
the fate of their stylistic cousins, The Zombies and Big Star (both covered
previously on the podcast) who ceased active recording way too early.

They’ve had a lot of comparisons with Queen (for the rawwwwk
and drummer Andy Sturmer’s singing) and the Beach Boys’ harmonies. As valid as
these comparisons are, there is a lot more going on here. This could be
described as a concept album with the songs being parts of a nightmare – not
the bogeyman type, but more a domestic nightmare of infidelity, unrequited
crushes, depression, death, and evangelism. There’s also a song on Spilt Milk
that led Rhys to suggest Ben Eisen needs to pursue its subject matter in an All
Time Top Ten podcast. Tune in and find out what it was….

This time around, Eric Reanimator also discusses the
Psyclone Ranger’s album from 1993 “Feel Nice”. He describes this as power pop
bordering on punk. See what you think.

You can
download the podcast at iTunes by searching for “Love That Album”. You can also
stream or download it at http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.

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would be gratefully appreciated – either written or mp3 voicemail. You can send
it to rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au

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If you want
to check out Rhys’ work as a musician, go to http://www.dressedtochill.com.au/
to see his Crosby Stills and Nash style Kiss tribute band, Dressed to Chill. If
you need music lessons,  check out the
website of the music school he runs Eastern Sububrs School of Music at http://www.essm.net.au/