EDSEL

1992

 

1993

 

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AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe

The Everlasting Belt Co. is far more of a straight-out rock record than most of Edsel's other releases -- it sports some of the atmospheric dreampop influences that cropped up unsuccessfully on Strange Loop, but it seems far more involved with its pounding and bombast than anything else. While it's not nearly as interesting as later releases like Techniques of Speed, the straight-ahead quality of The Everlasting Belt Co. does allow for hookier and more accessible songs -- "Shaster!" borders on the sort of slightly-noisy pop song Velocity Girl might have constructed, and the pop qualities of many other tracks tend to be more immediately engaging than Edsel's work usually is. 

Strange Loop

Tracklist  

1	Unravelled	4:33
2	Wax	2:37
3	Derelict Fancy	3:25
4	My Manacles	3:53
5	Cat's Paw	3:04
6	Empire	2:57
7	Fuelcloud	3:52
8	Coil-Re-Coil	4:56
9	Rotary Batter	3:07
10	Wooden Floors	4:14

 The Everlasting Belt Co.

Tracklist

1	Pell Confirms	0:51
2	Checkering	4:02
3	Shaster!	4:47
4	Buckle	3:58
5	Oh Bliss, Oh Well	1:15
6	Proud City	3:32
7	Our Drunken Friend	4:59
8	The Good Celeste	2:50
9	Penaluna	4:54
10	Pigeon-Hearted	4:12
11	Stane	1:59
12	Whistle Down	4:18
13	Horn & Feather	2:31
14	Bone Tender	5:20
15	Narrow	6:32
16	19:00 Hrs At The Apollo	0:45
17	Fin	0:10
18	Untitled	3:03

 

TRAMPOLINE I Want One of Everybody 1996

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Review by Nitsuh Abebe

I Want One of Everybody is the second album release by Trampoline, a collection of D.C.-area talent featuring members of Chisel, Edsel, and Poole, as well as top-rank independent producers and the songwriting of mainman Pat Ferrise. While Dormer, the project's first release, concentrated on cleaned-up, radio-friendly pop, I Want One of Everybody makes a slight jump to cleaned-up, radio-friendly rock -- the record's sound is still far more mainstream than the work of many of the musicians involved (surpassing Dormer in terms of polish, focus, and pop organization), but there's something in its sense of hooks and construction that makes it an indie project even in its most pop moments. Trampoline is essentially a collection of indie-rockers making a highly organized and fairly mainstream pop record, and as one might expect, the results are frequently more intelligent and appealing than the work on top-forty radio. 

 Tracklist

1. 95 Degrees
2. Favorite Watch
3. Burning Daylight
4. Wait Here
5. Lightning Comes
6. Thunder Invites Summer In
7. Waiting on You Again
8. Flyerman
9. I Want One of Everybodys
10. Put the Water Here
11. Trees and Cars
12. Coronada
13. Send the Letter Back