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Songs That Have No Making Out: An Introduction to U S Maple

Artist Song
U S Maple  My Lil' Shocker 
--  Magic Job 
--  Rice Ain't Afraid of Nothing 
--  Stuck 
--  Songs That Have No Making Out 
--  When a Man Says "Ow" 
--  Stupid Deep Indoors 
--  Tan Loves Blue 
--  Hey King 
--  Missouri Twist 
--  Total Fruit Warning 
--  Dumb in the Wings 
--  The State Was Bad 
--  Coming Back to Damnit 
--  Ma Digital 
--  La Click 
--  Breeze, It's Your High School 
--  Obey your Concert 
--  Sweet and Centre 
--  Northward 
--  Sin City 

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U S Maple are one of my favorite bands of the last ten years. They are also a band that a great deal of people can't get into...and this is understandable. The drums are all over the place. The guitarists don't seem to be aware that there are two of them playing, so the riffs don't quite mesh. The vocals about as far from actual singing as you can get. And yet these elements just mesh to my ears, creating one of the more fascinatng bands of my time. This CD was made for a friend who wanted to get into wierder stuff, and believe me it doesn't get much wierder than U S Maple.

Track 4 from Stuck 7" (Skin Graft, 1995)
Tracks 2, 6, 9, 13 & 20 from Long Hair in Three Stages (Skin Graft, 1995)
Track 21 from Sides 1-4 (Skin Graft, 1996)
Tracks 5, 10, 14 & 16 from Sang Phat Editor (Skin Graft, 1997)
Tracks 7 & 17 from Talker (Drag City, 1999)
Tracks 3, 11, 15 & 18 from Acre Thrills (Drag City, 2001)
Tracks 1, 8, 12 & 19 from Purple on Time. (Drag City, 2003)

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