In August of 2014 The Screaming Trees
released their long rumored final recordings
as Last Words: The Final Recordings. The
band broke up back in 2000 with the songs
comprising the album already long since in
the can. But due to the poor performance of
their previous album (1996's Dust) and the
generally tepid mood of the industry towards
their type of sound at the time, the songs
found no home.
released their long rumored final recordings
as Last Words: The Final Recordings. The
band broke up back in 2000 with the songs
comprising the album already long since in
the can. But due to the poor performance of
their previous album (1996's Dust) and the
generally tepid mood of the industry towards
their type of sound at the time, the songs
found no home.
The Screaming Trees were signed by Epic
in 1989 but came into the mainstream
consciousness on the wave of enthusiasm for
grungy northwestern rock that followed
Nirvana and Pearl Jam's success.
Specifically they had a hit (Nearly Lost
You) from the soundtrack for Cameron Crowe's
film Singles. The band bore only slight
sonic resemblance to its peers. They always
tended more toward psychedelic garage rock,
rather than the harried and hard worn Black
Sabbath homages of their northwestern scene
mates.
Though they had a minor hit with Nearly
Lost You and some name recognition, their
career never really ignited. Their 1990's
albums are among the top under appreciated
recordings of the decade. And now, to add to
that list, comes Last Words. It shows a band
still possessed of fire and energy and
sounds like what it is, a message in a
bottle from a great 90's band banging on all
cylinders. What more could you want?
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