180g Vinyl of 1992 Release!
This 1992 release from Babes In Toyland was their first on a major label and also the first to feature Maureen Herman on bass. The group was formed in 1987 and consisted of Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, and Michelle Leon who was replaced by Maureen Herman in 1992. The all female group released three studio albums from 1989 and 1995 before going inactive in 1997. Fontanelle would become the most critically and commercially successful album for Babes in Toyland selling over 200,000 copies in the U.S. alone. This second studio album from the Minneapolis punk rockers includes the tracks "Bruise Violet" and "Bluebell."
"Babes in Toyland's most focused and powerful statement...its raw punkish fury and metallic grind making it the spiritual kin of L7...Like L7, Babes in Toyland are more about pure sound than songs, but the similarities end there. Instead of just grinding away on simple power chords, Kat Bjelland's distinctive guitar work is full of intentionally grating dissonance, which is complemented by the jittery rhythm section. Vocally, Bjelland can move from a faux little-girl coo to a bellowing snarl in the space of one line; put together, all of this imbues Fontanelle with a terrifically explosive tension... Measured by any standard, Fontanelle is a frighteningly primal record, one whose sheer ferocity Babes in Toyland never quite captured this convincingly anywhere else." -Steve Huey, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Vinyl
Selections:
Side One:
1. Bruise Violet
2. Right Now
3. Bluebell
4. Handsome and Gretel
5. Blood
6. Magick Flute
7. Won't Tell
Side Two:
1. Quiet Room
2. Spun
3. Short Song
4. Jungle Train
5. Pearl
6. Real Eyes
7. Mother
8. Gone
This 1992 release from Babes In Toyland was their first on a major label and also the first to feature Maureen Herman on bass. The group was formed in 1987 and consisted of Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, and Michelle Leon who was replaced by Maureen Herman in 1992. The all female group released three studio albums from 1989 and 1995 before going inactive in 1997. Fontanelle would become the most critically and commercially successful album for Babes in Toyland selling over 200,000 copies in the U.S. alone. This second studio album from the Minneapolis punk rockers includes the tracks "Bruise Violet" and "Bluebell."
"Babes in Toyland's most focused and powerful statement...its raw punkish fury and metallic grind making it the spiritual kin of L7...Like L7, Babes in Toyland are more about pure sound than songs, but the similarities end there. Instead of just grinding away on simple power chords, Kat Bjelland's distinctive guitar work is full of intentionally grating dissonance, which is complemented by the jittery rhythm section. Vocally, Bjelland can move from a faux little-girl coo to a bellowing snarl in the space of one line; put together, all of this imbues Fontanelle with a terrifically explosive tension... Measured by any standard, Fontanelle is a frighteningly primal record, one whose sheer ferocity Babes in Toyland never quite captured this convincingly anywhere else." -Steve Huey, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Vinyl
Selections:
Side One:
1. Bruise Violet
2. Right Now
3. Bluebell
4. Handsome and Gretel
5. Blood
6. Magick Flute
7. Won't Tell
Side Two:
1. Quiet Room
2. Spun
3. Short Song
4. Jungle Train
5. Pearl
6. Real Eyes
7. Mother
8. Gone
