So I might sound like a sucker for what Hollywood dictates I should like, but dang it if I didn’t see a clip from the movie High Fidelity the other day that totally got me.
Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJAkN4m9bY
I hadn’t seen this movie in years but one of my favorite music bloggers, Alan Cross, posted that clip and I was indeed grooving to The Beta Band, and like John Cusack’s character Rob Gordon predicted I did want to buy the Three E.P.’s album.
I didn’t know anything about this band so at this point I feel that Wikipedia description is good.
The Three EPs is a compilation of The Beta Band‘s first three releases, consisting of the EPs Champion Versions,The Patty Patty Sound and Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos. The cover art includes the main image from each of the EPs.
“Dry the Rain” was prominently featured in a scene from the 2000 film High Fidelity.
In 2000 Q magazine placed The Three EPs at number 74 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.[4]Pitchfork placed the album at number 23 in its Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.[5]
I know I am somewhat breaking our rule of no compilations but I figure this is ok as it is just making a full album out of three short EPs.
I look forward to getting to know this band and this album. Besides, how bad could a Scottish alt-pop-rock-atmospheric-krautrock-hip hop be?
Wikipedia entry for The Three E.P.’s
Wikipedia entry for The Beta Band
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Darren Scott
Read our review posted on April 1st here.