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by Erin Sheehy

HIDDEN GEM
The Promise Ring
Nothing Feels Good
1997 | Jade Tree

As the nostalgia wheel keeps turning, swinging inevitably toward the 1990s (when, officially, popular culture started to eat itself: the 90’s were the first years when a healthy interest in the music and media of the 70’s equaled and/or exceeded popular interest in what was going on right then), I wonder if any of the unsung bands of that era will jump on the reunion tour bandwagon, or if anyone will even care. Sure, Pavement will always be the underdog champions to someone. Radiohead will continue to increase the distance between what they’re doing now and what they were doing in 1993, to the orgiastic revelry of their fans. Nirvana and Elliott Smith, both gone before they could tarnish their good names, are mythical creatures now, that will continue to grow in legend as time grows further from their respective expiration dates. Even less-than-household-name acts like Tortoise and Liz Phair  are trotting out their newly minted nostalgia acts; both performing their respective “classic” albums front to back on tour. This is not to say that Millions Now Living Will Never Die isn’t a goddamn gorgeous example of post-rock at its very finest, but in terms of sales (more or less equaling the level of nostalgia around any given act), Tortoise is no Pink Floyd and Millions is no Dark Side of the Moon.
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HIDDEN GEM
The Promise Ring
Nothing Feels Good
1997 | Jade Tree

As the nostalgia wheel keeps turning, swinging inevitably toward the 1990s (when, officially, popular culture started to eat itself: the 90’s were the first years when a healthy interest in the music and media of the 70’s equaled and/or exceeded popular interest in what was going on right then), I wonder if any of the unsung bands of that era will jump on the reunion tour bandwagon, or if anyone will even care. Sure, Pavement will always be the underdog champions to someone. Radiohead will continue to increase the distance between what they’re doing now and what they were doing in 1993, to the orgiastic revelry of their fans. Nirvana and Elliott Smith, both gone before they could tarnish their good names, are mythical creatures now, that will continue to grow in legend as time grows further from their respective expiration dates. Even less-than-household-name acts like Tortoise and Liz Phair  are trotting out their newly minted nostalgia acts; both performing their respective “classic” albums front to back on tour. This is not to say that Millions Now Living Will Never Die isn’t a goddamn gorgeous example of post-rock at its very finest, but in terms of sales (more or less equaling the level of nostalgia around any given act), Tortoise is no Pink Floyd and Millions is no Dark Side of the Moon.
More on The Promise Ring | Nothing Feels Good