I just wrote about The Music's The People EP, but before that 12" came out, they released an EP called You Might As Well Try to Fuck Me. I found this record for about £2 in Newbury Comics in Boston about nine months after it came out; it was a very long way from where the band were from.
I have no idea how well the band went down in the States (although the price tag on this, presumably, imported 12" suggested not very well) but I can see how a music exec might have seen their potential over the pond. Bands like Q And Not U and Les Savy Fav were doing very interesting things with indie music and they had the potential to fit in well with that arty New York crowd. On the other hand, they were incredibly British and I suspect the States were still trying to get over Britpop too.
The title track is a bit more traditionally rocky than how the first album turned out, which is possibly why it wasn't included. The other songs are a mixed bag - Karma is a slower, trippier affair (comparisons to The Verve are rife here), Treat Me Right On has an annoying bit of guitar in the verses but a surprisingly heavy chorus, and Too High sprawls (for even longer than on the album); as an epic closer, it actually benefits from being a bit longer.
Much like The People EP, I'm surprised at how well this 12" has aged.
Format: 12", picture sleeve
Tracks: 4
Cost: £2.10 new
Bought: Newbury Comics, Boston
When: 05/08/02
Colour: Black
Etching: none
mp3s: no
