God I Feel So Numb But Fuck I Sound Terrific

When What’s Your Rupture? released a solo Kevin Boyer 7" a few years back it had people popping boners everywhere, but I wasn’t able to track down a copy myself. Now there’s this CD-R, which came out on Doubles Tapes last year and includes the rest of the solo sessions, recorded over ten years ago with Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good To Me). Most of what you’ll find here is total power-pop with just the bare minimum of resemblance to Tyvek, and there’s 6 or 7 really stellar tracks on here, including the 7" tracks and a ghostly, scratched-up cover of the Buzzcocks’ "Love You More". Had I bought the 7" (or this CD-R) at the time it was released, it would’ve made a strong push for my record-of-the-year.

Kevin Boyer -

"Something's Gonna Come Up"