DREAM SYNDICATE Days Of Wine & Roses US LP Steve Wynn

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THE DREAM SYNDICATE

The Days Of Wine And Roses

Original US LP released on Watt Records in 1982.

Often regarded as the quintessential group of the Paisley Underground movement, The Dream Syndicate might have been the band that had the least in common with the other units. Most of those bands were based in Los Angeles (or relocated there) and shared a love for late ‘60’s rock, preferably of the psychedelic kind (The Byrds, The Doors, The Beatles, etc.). However, only a few bands (the Rain Parade, The Three O’Clock) never got rid of that tag, as Green on Red quickly moved into rootsier territory, The Bangles actually sounded as if they should’ve called themselves The Jangles, while The Dream Syndicate combined the sonic experimentation of the Velvet Underground (White Light/White Heat-period) and the adventurous rock of mid-‘60’s Dylan with the urgency and rawness of punk rock, while defying that genre’s stylistic essence with groove-based songs, strangled guitar solos and a proneness to extended noisy jams (especially on stage). While the VU-comparison has become an annoying truism in the meantime, front man Steve Wynn’s nasal vocals, limited range and slightly macabre lyrics did warrant the Lou Reed-similarity for lack of a better point of reference. Whatever their intentions were, it’s hard to deny that this quartet delivered the songs to back up the statement they were a band with more than enough personality of their own.

At the time when this album was released (late ’82), the punk explosion of the previous years had spawned scenes dominated by legions of post-punk bands starting to explore less guitar-dominated territory and even more others who took punk to its hardcore extremes with velocity and aggression. It’s no surprise that The Dream Syndicate found a home at Slash Records (X, The Blasters, etc). Lead guitarist Karl Precoda, Wynn (no slouch on guitar either), and the rhythm section of Kendra Smith (bass) and Dennis Duck (drums) were one of the few units (along with R.E.M., The Wipers, Mission of Burma, etc.) who brought the guitar back to rock ‘n’ roll well before bands like Sonic Youth, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Jr. made their mark. Wynn and Smith had been in a short-lived band called The Suspects for less than a year but The Days of Wine and Roses hardly sounds like the firstborn of a beginning band. During “Definitely Clean,” one of several early Wynn-songs that are bare-boned explorations of communication breakdowns and break-ups, the band sounds like a crossover between Dylan in his garage-rock period and The Gun Club’s spirited cow-punk. Primal and nasty, but effective as hell, it’s probably one of the earlier examples of a genre that thrived a few years later (Giant Sand or Thin White Rope, anyone?) and inspired several musicians that later would be tagged as alt country.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Tell Me When It's Over

Definitely Clean

That's What You Always Say

Then She Remembers

Halloween

Side Two

When You Smile

Until Lately

Too Little, Too Late

The Days Of Wine And Roses

Released on 'Ruby Records' in 1982

Catalogue No. JRR 807

Disc is in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX++ condition

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