Album Notes

"Mix some strong female vocals with some decidedly REM-influenced pop-rock melodies, and you've got one heck of a nice album! There's plenty of jangly guitars throughout the tunes, and fans of Sun 60, Mary Lou Lord, REM, the Feelies/Wake Ooloo and Grey Eye Glances will all find something appealing in the Shellycoats' contemporary brand of folk-rock music."
-Eric Sorensen, www.fufkin.com

"Listening to The Shellycoats is like a trip down memory lane...The Shellycoats make me long for the long lost days of alternative music"
-Greg Yost, Music Monthly
(www.musicmonthly.com)

""...an indie-folk atmosphere that shimmers with a noisy grace and an insistent pop rhythm...For fans of R.E.M. and [10,000 Maniacs] early moments of textural introspection..."
-Brian Baker, Amplifier Magazine #41

"Great mixture of slow, mid and uptempo songs, great guitar work and intelligent lyrics. There`s only a lot of good to swallow here, most happily. We don`t h ear records like this too much anymore, which is big shame. Hearing this, gives happy hope to the fact that the great sub-genres of years past can live on and be enjoyed in the present just as much as they were in the past. Wonderful and compelling! Very Highly Recommended."
- Not Lame! mail-order catalog
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Who are The Shellycoats, you ask? The answer may vary, depending on who replies.

Some might say four humble, extremely charming and witty characters, who, with little effort, manage to entertain the masses.

Others could remark a blind girl with a dog and three chubby dudes.

Regardless of what they say, we are what we are, a band out there swimming in the endless ocean of sound. We don't jump around, wear funny hats, or blow up amps. We just play music.

What kind of music, you ask? It's the kind that you just might like, so give'er a listen. It's dynamic, melodic, psychoanalytical, guitar driven, rhythmic, introspective goodness.

It's songwriter, Ashes, on vocals and rhythm guitar: moody, sweet, sarcastic, and wise.

It's Greg Humphreys on lead guitar: competent, generous, comical, and mischievous.

It's Chris Plummer on bass: motivated, kind, and cynical.

It's Eric Evitts on drums: sensitive, soulful, indulgent.

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