Anyone else think Sunburn by the Blake Babies is a great album?

[Karmadillo]

For some reason, I always end up going back to this. There's plenty of other stuff from the same time that I really liked that's gathering dust. Is it the quality of the music or the nostalgia of the Juliana Hatfield crush? Dunno.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:26rsa9ugb23s

Review by Stewart Mason

Sunburn is not just the Blake Babies' best album, it's in many ways the last great college rock album, the album that's the pinnacle of the US indie guitar scene of the late '80s and the album that exemplifies what "alternative" meant in those pre-Nevermind days when the term was actually understood to mean something. Juliana Hatfield, John Strohm, and Freda Love (puckishly billed here as Freda Boner) create a literate, emotionally direct brand of catchy, melodic pop based on the post-punk jangle pop of the '80s, but with a slightly tougher edge, particularly in Strohm's guitar sound. For the first time, Strohm contributes two solo writing credits on which he sings lead, the disturbing "Girl In A Box" and the anthemic "Train," which somehow manages to quote both "Mystery Train" and "I Melt With You." However, Sunburn is primarily the album on which Juliana Hatfield's songwriting prowess first flourishes, and it's possibly her finest collection of songs.

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[Dogmudgeon]

1. Me

The Blake Babies used to play in Philly quite a lot. I got to meet them, and some of their friends, like a certain Mr. Dando. They were an excellent small-room band, personable, and they really "connected" with the audiences.

Everybody loved Juliana -- it was that vulnerability thing, plus looking like she was about 13 years old. But they were all awesomely talented and nobody 'round these parts didn't like them.

--bkl

[Karmadillo]

2. Cool. Thanks for posting. I saw where Dando recently said

he was finishing up a new Lemonheads album. The article didn't say whether he was just using the name for a solo album or if he was resurrecting one of the old lineups.