Rose Blossom Punch - So So SO Sorry to Disapoint You!!!

In 1996, Aaron Sprinkle quit Poor Old Lu and formed

Rose Blossom Punch. Poor Old Lu gave us a few glimpses of how well Aaron could sing but with Rose Blossom Punch, Aaron stepped to the front and finally we were able to hear his amazing voice.

They released their first full length, Ephemere on SaraBellum/Five Minute Walk records and for fans of noise pop it was a solid record.

For the last several years of the 90s there were plenty of rumors followed by radio silence from the Rose Blossom Punch camp. They switched over to the Jackson Rubio label and then pretty much disappeared.

In early 2001 mp3.com released the long awaited Rose Blossom Punch EP "Sorry to Disappoint You". Thankfully I had pre-ordered it so I got a hard copy in the mail. I've not seen it available online or otherwise so consider this a treat!

Tracklisting:
1. Ensign
2. Sweet and Ordinary
3. It All Comes Down
4. A Little While
5. Tuesday Morning
6. Sleepily

Fun Fact: Online this EP is listed as "So Sorry to Disappoint You" but on the CD it's printed "Sorry to Disappoint You"

So_sorry_to_Dissappoint_You.rar - yeah, i know 'disappoint' is misspelled because I'm an idiot but the link should still work.

List of Christian albums from the 90s

I found an interesting top-10 list of Christian albums from the 90s at Calvin Lawson's website.

He mentions some fairly great bands Poor Old Lu, the Prayer Chain, the Choir but it's a bit curious to see Jeremy Enigk on the list. Also it's unusual that he includes 2 EPs and an album of cover songs.

Over the next week or so we're going to have to come up with our own list to add to the discussion.

-s

Sixpence None the Richer - This Beautiful Mess

Before Sixpence None the Richer blew up with their hit-song "Kiss Me" they released several amazing albums.

This Beautiful Mess was their second full length album. Released in 1995, it had the amazing vocals of Leigh Nash but still had a great edge of Matt Slocum.

Bonus fun-fact: this album featured additional guitar work by Tess Wiley. Tess was not only incredibly talented but also incredibly hot. The rumor was that she created so much tension in the band she nearly broke them up. In 1996 I saw her at a festival playing with her band Phantasmic and overheard her saying that they fired her because she was such a bitch.

Be the bitch that God wants you to be Tess!

Download: The Beautiful Mess.rar

The Prayer Chain - Shawl

PeaElAre and I both agreed that this was probalby the best album with which to kick off this blog!

There were many great bands in the 90s but the Prayer Chain was one of the most creative and interesting bands out there. The music had a great raw feel to it, they sung about interesting topics and at the end of their run they generally couldn't stand each other (or at least they couldn't stand their singer, Tim Tabor).

Released in 1993, Shawl was not the Prayer Chain's first album but it highlighted their shift from moody guitar music to flat-out rock in dropped-D tuning.

Download: Shawl.rar