Ethel Meserve

Maybe a certain image pops-up when you think about 90's emo; most likely it's an auditory collage of twinkly, self-indulgent, albeit great music that permeated the Midwest, or perhaps it was the organized chaos that centered around San Diego. Maybe it's all, maybe it's none. Ethel Meserve were one of those few bands from that all-encompassing 90's scene who countered a darker discordance with a good sense of melody (much like Kansas City's Boys Life and Giants Chair, and Lincoln's Sideshow). Besides their one and only album "The Milton Abandonment", EM had a demo, two 7" singles, and a split with the aforementioned Giants Chair (as part of the "Postmarked Stamps" series) to their credit. Those non-album songs were collected and re-released on cd as "Spelling The Names" in 2000. --Trav

** One file, but both "The Milton Abandonment" and "Spelling The Names" are enclosed.

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