For the Love of Basic Cable 7''
Foresight
1995
Rating: 6 disco rubs out of 10
I once saw the Metroshifter randomly when visiting a friend who lived in NYC; it was CMJ and we just randomly picked a show to go to. I really dug them live but it never really translated to purchasing much of their music. They had sort of an Archers of Loaf-meets-melodic post hardcore (a sill genre name but a style very popular in the early nineties as dudes from hardcore bands learned to play their instruments and slowed down their songs). The two songs on this release, ""Link" and "Whatever's Wrong with Me Is Here to Stay," are both still very listenable.
As a side note that is super on the side, the founder/frontman of this band, Scott Ritcher, ran for mayor of Louisville a while back. I remember it being talked about in some circles as I generally didn't listen to music performed by mayoral candidates.
