Bubble And Scrape

sounds like something I would have made in my parents garage in my teens on my Tascam 424 Portastudio (but maybe a little cleaner and more experienced). It's a fun album, but not life altering.

I liked the first song the most by far. it was fine, some of it I didn't love the vibe. I don't remember listening to it because it was in the morning i had a long day and it’s now tomorrow.

7/10

7/10

I probably would love this if I had encountered it in 1993, but I didn't.

it's very 90s indie rock, coming across as a slightly less ragged beat happening-esque sound.

1. Soul And Fire: Nice tinny guitar tone. Lyrically not what I need right now. 2. Two Years Two Days: Same guitar tone continues. A bit more of a gruff tone to this one than its predecessor. Again, lyrically not what I need right now. 3. Telecosmic Alechemy: Desperate and angsty, driving rhythm. Even more gruff than track 2. Might find a home on Nirvana's "Incesticide". At times the guitar verges on no wave technique. This one made the playlist. 4. Fantastic Disaster: Nick at Nite vocals. Not going to elaborate. Song is named appropriately. About a minute and a half too long. Outro is cool, however. 5. Happily Divided: Acoustic waltz. Here the vocal harmonies mostly work (*cough* track 4 looking at you *cough*). Tasteful blending of noisy electric guitar, well, noises. 6. Sister: Sounds like something off Bleach out of the gate. Obnoxious pre-chorus, but I'm being picky. Nonetheless, it made the playlist. But my goodness that pickup switching in the outro nearly ruined it. 7. Cliche: My immediate instinct was "oh brother", but I'm glad I kept listening. Genuine question, who hurt these guys? 8. Sacred Attention: High school guitar riff. It's overall fine. 9. Elixir Is Zog: Hmm... that name... this song again recalls no wave in my mind, at least during the soft bits of the soft-loud dynamic. The back half's instrumentation is remarkable, breaking into almost robotic wails. It makes the playlist. 10. Emma Get Wild: And wild she gets on this one. A frenzied dance-y track. Perfectly short. Thus... it makes the playlist. 11. Sixteen: Am I the dumb one for not knowing "paregoric"? Or, more likely, did they just crack open a thesaurus and look up "painkiller" to be more grunge? Again, the rhythm guitar is a *touch* sophomoric. 12. Homemade: Well, this one has themes. The soft-loud is tasteful with this one, and the 5 minute length is *almost* unnoticeable. *Almost*. 13. Forced Love: At a certain point, we all need to take a step back and tune our guitars. This one felt like 5 minutes but wasn't. 14. No Way Out: AHHHHhhhh!!!!! Monkey in rage!!!! Tasteful chorus/tremolo on the guitar. Completely devolves after that. The back half is very interesting, me likey. 15. Bouquet For A Siren: This reminds me of something, not sure what. Fun light punk bop. Congratulations, you've made the playlist. Lovely, if abrupt, ending. 16. Think (Let Tomorrow Bee): I'm told this is a collab. The writing style shifts a touch from prior sadder tracks, and Seana Carmody's backing vocals are used tastefully. 17. Flood: Okayyyy! Gettin' after it! This song is about the creatures from Halo. That's my retconned belief. You've made the playlist. This album is spiritually from the Olympia Peninsula.

If they stuck to their heavier tunes, it would be a great album. Someone decided to have some discordant 'deep' numbers and, in my opinion, they drag down the better songs.

There's good little bits sprinkled in here and there, I've been meaning to go through Sebadoh's whole discography because 'Spoiled' from III is a powerful song. I think this would have resonated with me more when I was younger.

This album flips between so good it’s good so bad it’s good and so bad it’s bad Some of the tracks on here are terrible, but some are terrible in a way where they’re unique and so ameuter that they end up good? And some moment just slap I’m a sucker for that amateur, sloppy accuracy but I’m still pretty perplexed by this one but a pretty good listen Definitely a big Nirvana, Elliot Smith influence on this too. Fav tracks - Soul and Fire - Fantastic Disaster - Sister - Sacred Attention - Elixir is Zog - Homemade - No Way Out - Bouquet for a Siren Worst tracks - Flood

A 90s indie band I've never heard of? Intriguing. It is delightfully indie, too. Perhaps they were some of the first to do it. Would have fit right in as one of the bands on Buffy. Like Neutral Milk Hotel, but about dating instead of Anne Frank -- right down to the "we recorded this on an old cassette" vibe. Unfortunately, and I mean this genuinely, the vocals aren't weird or whiny enough for me to find them interesting! Kind of Shins-y. In fact, my favorite part of this album is the guitar(?!?), which is somehow plaintive in that indie-rock-way. The beginning of 'Sacred Attention' even sounds just like Placebo's 'Special K' (if only the middle and end did too). Lowlights: 'Elixir is Zog', 'No Way Out' (don't yell at me)

Fairly interesting. Not unpleasant to listen to. Just very much an American alt album of its time. Nothing here stands out much.

Whiny 90s white boy music. Enjoyable.

Like the raw energy of it, but it’s just too rough around the edges sometimes

Felt unfinished if anything. Good in parts not my favourite

This caught my attention a couple times throughout the album. Calling out for me to listen when I was starting to tune out. It has range and isn’t at all boring. I didn’t enjoy all of it, but it was cohesive, the production was fine, writing was fine, instrumentation was what was needed, vocals too, and the lyrics accomplished all that was required. Was pretty good. 3/5

Will be worth another listen

I liked the fact that I hadn't heard of Sebadoh before, but was disappointed to discover that there was likely a good reason for this. It's hard to imagine a more generic and largely bland version of late 80s/early 90s alt/indie music than this album, sadly (and I was not at all surprised to read that one of Sebadoh's founding members was the rejected bass player from Dinosaur Jr). On the positive side, though, I was grateful that they'd chosen to avoid having the ubiquitous wall of noise on most of the tracks completely overwhelm the vocals; a bit of a shame that the surprisingly intelligible lyrics weren't particularly interesting or insightful. I also appreciated the brevity of most of the tracks--that definitely helped their forlorn medicine go down without too much aftertaste (and a bit bizarre to read that this album marked a phase of *longer* songs). My choices on the album were probably "Happily divided", "Sacred attention" and "Forced love" (plus kudos for the Soul Asylum lookalike "Bouquet for a siren"). It's a bit hard to believe that this was already their fourth album, with more on the way....

This one really threw me. They don't seem to stay in a particular lane; I got notes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, and a whiff of Wilco in "Homemade." I think they're capable of a really great album: (they can play, they can write, they can sing) but this wasn't it.

Fun! There is always a soft spot in my heart for dissonant indie garbage from the 90s.

I thought this album had a few bangers especially early on in first track "soul and fire". I also think this was a mistake as they put the most played song at the beginning—inevitably setting high expectations for the rest of the album. This is my first time listening to Sebadoh and my first impression is that they are sort of eccentric indie rock. A few of the songs had quite off putting parts but other than that it was a pretty solid listen.

This is exactly the kind of thing I was listening to in the early 90s. Wondering why I've never heard of them! i really liked most of it and will be listening again.

Funny, while everyone knew about the scenes in Seattle and Minneapolis, in fact indie bands were growing like asparagus in western Massachusetts; this is a solid example of this kind of thing. I like Lou Barlow's songs better than Eric Gaffney's.

I'll probably revisit it some day

Like all Sebadoh albums, the Barlow tracks stand out while everything else is anywhere from fine to garbage.

I felt like this was two different album stuck together randomly. Like a combination of Indie rock and punk.

This album embodies the dichotomy of a mad and sad teenager in the 90s before/after a breakup. Surprisingly I liked the softer songs more than the punk songs. They were surprisingly mature in their "being guilty about loving another man is not a good reason to stay in a relationship with me" and "even if we break up I still want the best for you" messaging.

This was a decent listen. Very much of its time on the indie scene. Nothing really stands out as especially notable or catchy though. I’m still annoyed that Built To Spill isn’t on this list anywhere, especially with the inclusion of this…

Нормально, но не вау

An absolute mess with some great highlights, like vintage Pavement. Eric Gaffney's contributions near sink the album. A year later the band would record 'Bake Sale' without Gaffney, and hit pay dirt.

I enjoyed the first track, but a lot of the rest sounds like Pavement / Sonic Youth / Dinosaur Jr, which is the kind of thing I only really like in short bursts. Lots of fuzzy guitars and lyrics about heartbreak but not very "songy" for the most part.

Never really got into them, but I like what I heard. Early 90’s angst rock at its height

Fine album, not great, not bad. Long AF.

I think I could fall in love with this album. It’s gonna take a few more spins but it’s speaking to me.

The three members of Sebadoh split songwriting and singing duties on this album, leading to wildly uneven results. The Lou Barlow-penned and sung tracks are top-notch. His vocals are heartfelt and the songwriting is thoughtful and nuanced. The production on these songs also really makes them shine. The contributions of the other two band members aren't up to the same level of quality, though. The Eric Gaffney songs are wacky sub-Devo semi-hardcore numbers that sit incongruously next to Barlow's more sophisticated songs. The Jason Lowenstein tracks suffer from Lowenstein's undistinguished vocals.

Another album where I wish we could give half star ratings. If I could, this would be a 2.5. There are a lot of bad, skippable songs on this album. The song "Fantastic Disaster" is in contention for the worst single song I've heard so far. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard a band formed by a bigger band's former bassist over the last 2 weeks, I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's strange that it happened twice. "Sacred Attention" is my favorite song here and it's not even close. Reminds me of a worse Foo Fighters. I want to give this a 2, but I don't think I disliked it as a whole as much as the other 2 star albums. So for now, Sebadoh (Not really a fan of the band name either, but hey, cool album art), you're getting a begrudging 3 stars from me, and we can all move on with our lives.

I like the juxtaposition between 90s jangly indie rock crooning and bat shit crazy sonic youth experimentation. Will listen to more.

Rating: 6/10 Started off awful but got better and better over time. Distorted indie rock with some catchy melodies.

Noisy and fun, but definitely forgettable. Enjoyed it for what it was.

Sebadoh has been an enigma for me...absolutely a band I should love (probably more than Dino Jr.) but one that continues to elude me. This album was no different. Very much a GbV formula that falls a little flat. 2.5/5

Pretty solid. Cool indie rock/punk sort of vibes

I like early-mid 90s alt rock. It’s pretty good. But it didn’t blow me away

never heard this. i'm shocked Bakesale isn't on this list, but perhaps there's a good reason this album made it on here instead. hopefully this is just as good Soul And Fire - 5/5 Two Years Two Days - 5/5 Telecosmic Alechemy - 4/5 Fantastic Disaster - 2/5 Happily Divided - 5/5 Sister - 3/5 Cliche - 3/5 Sacred Attention - 4/5 Elixir Is Zog - 4/5 Emma Get Wild - 3/5 Sixteen - 3/5 Homemade - 4/5 Forced Love - 4/5 No Way Out - 2/5 Bouquet For A Siren - 3/5 Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) - 4/5 Flood - 3/5 Average score - 3.6/5 (rounding down) yeah i think i still prefer Bakesale over this, but this was still an alright listen. i was a little intimidated by how many tracks were on here until i noticed these tracks were just short (maybe too short at times)

Some tracks are more to my taste than others. There were some Sonic Youth vibes. Some Dinosaur Jr vibes. Some generic indie vibes. Worth a relisten at least.

Very solid.

A solid record, pretty cool songs, once I adjusted to Lou’s voice I liked it

A bit poor

Fun little album to listen 3/5

I've listened to this band before a bit. They are decent and there is a bit of variety here.

Enjoyed it

Some good tracks some boring tracks. Nice project tho liked the tempo and general vibe quite relaxing

Was ok? Kinda not memorable though

A mix of enjoyable lowkey indie tracks and quite annoying discordant tracks, meaning it didn't feel very coherent as an album. Agree with others that a bit out of tune is great, but some of these songs were too out. It's grungy but was surprised when I found it was from 1993, it sounded more early 2000s to me. Maybe ahead of its time!

Started strong on grunge but then somewhat seems like it got lost in the 90s. Mid tier

Ok, the first few songs I wasn't really liking this album. Around Sister it really started picking up for me and enjoyed it. 3/5.

Off-brand Nirvana

Tilgerðarlegt og mjög misjafnt. Fær aðra til öryggis. 3,5.

3.0 Pretty mediocre alternative/lofi rock. Quite Meat Puppet esque in some ways, but slight less endearing. A few rough gems in there, but often counterbalanced by a crap noise rock songs shortly after.

Super interesting record. I felt like it didn't take itself too seriously, but rather was just solid 90's indie rock with a hint of grunge.

Me gusto, suena muy 2000s (ahead of it’s time) pero no me encantó

Ambitious album, with so many influences and styles woven throughout. A talented band who I’ve never heard of. There’s shoegaze, garage rock, punk, and fittingly for the Subpop label in 1993, grunge. It’s good, I like it, but I wasn’t especially compelled by it.

I always thought they were Scottish and that’s why they sound so miserable. Not bad some good but not great songs

Very solid opening track, and then complete rubbish for the next few. I enjoy parts of this, but a lot of tracks are just trying too hard to be noisy

I wanted to quit while listening to the first track, "Soul and Fire", but the album progressively became more interesting to me. Not necessarily in bangers, but really how the tracks melded into each other with this underlying sad tone in both the singing and guitars.

Didn't do much for me. Mostly didn't find it memorable. I could listen again and see if that changes things, but it's pretty meh 90s post-punk, I'd say. First song is good. 2.5 rounding up.

This is a band that I want to like more than I actually do. There's a lot about the music that I like. The songwriting is creative and I especially like hearing 3 piece bands. Guitar, bass, and drums. That's it. There's no keyboards or horns to hide behind. Just raw riffs. And I generally like bands that play the notes so hard that they break. So I don't mind that it's a bit chaotic and noisy. It's just a little on the emo side for me but maybe he was just going through some shit. Overall the songs just don't really add up to something that I want to listen to over and over again. Soul & Fire, Two Years Two Days, Sacred Attention are pretty good.

I enjoy the early 90’s lo-fi sound going on here because I adore the time period, but these songs just seem too lazy and sloppy to be taken seriously. Based on sound alone, this album is the equivalent of some skinny, strung-out white dude waking up to discover he’s pissed himself and doesn’t seem to mind so he just lights up a cigarette and turns on the tv, in a position he’ll stay in until he falls asleep again in 15 or so hours.

This is pretty low-fi garage heartbreak rock. Their Wiki page compares them to bands like Guided by Voices, which I didn't pick up on until I read that. But now I can definitely hear it! Anyway, this wasn't terrible. I jived with it here and there and I thought the lyrics were pretty well done, but it's probably not a new favorite band. I was definitely ready to be done by the end of the second listen. Favorite song was Flood, the closer. I liked how screamy it was.

Jeg glemte at rate på dagen, og kan ikke huske noget særligt fra oplevelsen.

En pudsig blandning af alt rock, indie rock og punk. Der er egentlig mange fine sange på albummet. Men lytning af dem i en køre bliver virkelig mærkeligt. Det er som om albummet er fragmenteret

I want to really like this album, as I have liked other things by Sebadoh, and I like this style of noise indie rock/pop. However, I feel this album is too uneven. The songs rarely flow into each other, and while I do like variety in albums a lot, in this case, it felt disjointed. The songs were also good but really didn't amaze me. I could see this growing on me, but I just feel there are better examples of this style of music and delivery (for example, The Wicked Farleys.)

Du sous-Nirvana avec une touche de punk et de pop. Rien d'inoubliable.

a mixed-bag, some good tunes, some terrible vocals

Average

Longest 44 minutes of my life

Not too memorable

Some decent tracks,but nothing really jumped out as overly impressive.

When this started, I thought - oh, another grunge-inspired Sub Pop band. They sounded as I imagined or remembered them (I must have heard them at the time without anything sinking in enough to play them under my own steam). But as this developed, it veered into weirder, more Sonic Youth tinged territory and became a lot more fun. The acoustic stuff is not so interesting, but the more electric songs and weird, off-kilter touches lift it from the 'ordinary indie' pile I initially mentally filed it in.

In my younger years, I probably would’ve enjoyed this more but it’s not really my speed these days Like the tracks Sister and Cliche

Overly scrappy but some likeable moments

This album grew on me throughout the day.

Some decent strum-and-sing tracks, and a bunch of more adventurous indie stuff.

3.5

Nice punky vibe, some of the songs I actually noticed as I was listening, but mostly another bakcground album.

Not what i thought, kind of power pop sometimes, too post modern at other times

This was an… interesting album. I really liked the first two tracks, then they really lost me after that for a little while, but the last several songs redeemed it a bit. There’s some pretty interesting and unusual songwriting. 6/10

Heard a few Sebadoh albums, but this wasn't one of them. There were some songs I really liked -- "Soul and Fire" and "Homemade" were great, but there's a fair amount of stuff that just sounds like Lou goofing around too. So, it's pretty inconsistent. Some nice highs and some low lows. 3.5

3.5

Skulle typ kalla detta ett dinosaur jr b-sido album. Inte dåligt dock

lofie indie rock, I've never heard before but at first i feel this album is great yet after a while it's like a generic, still worth to listen

nice enough

Not really for me. It’s sort of un-put-together sounding to me, in some songs the words don’t sound quite right. However some of the songs were really good !! I probably won’t listen to most of it again, however.

mixed bag but overall a net good for me

Weird album, but I didn't hate it

interesting mix of indie, grunge, and punk. not sure it works well but it wasnt bad

Some cool sounds but vocals were very dated sounding

Groupe totalement inconnu. Cet album est très étrange et difficile d'accès, avec des morceaux très "expérimentaux" (dissonance), et d'autres plus classiques. En tous cas le résultat est original, et j'ai été souvent agréablement surpris. Je ne l'intègrerais probablement pas à ma collection, mais je le ré-écouterais probablement. =>3/5

"Soul And Fire" more generic, slow-paced grunge a la budget Nirvana. The faster-paced alt-rock "Sacred Attention" and "Sister" sound is better.

Like the music. A very 90’s grunge sound. Overall a good album. 3/5 Might listen again

Weirder and more discordant than the skinny boy whining I was expecting

3.5 Chaotic surfer punk that is best when they slow it down.

Rockmuziek die me een beetje aan Weezer doet denken. Klinkt prima. ***

Not sure if I liked this one, but will listen to again soon cause I just might

Dinosaur Jr. x Violent Femmes x The Pixies x Nirvana x Red Vox = Sebadoh. I was ready to give up after the fourth song.. man that song was bad. Theres a lot of stuff I like that is combined with stuff I am not a fan of. Someone needs to check on this singer cus man he fits the clinically depressed description perfectly. Looked at the wiki after, pretty funny that I referenced Dinosaur Jr. as one of the vocalists is the founder. Also similar to Dinosaur Jr. I am very mixed on this one. 6/10

There are some beautiful moments on here, and some very creative confusion...and a whole lot of question marks. I get that it's supposed to sound rough and unfinished, a bit like a fever dream, and it's surprising how cool that comes off some of the time. Unsurprising, though, how pretentious it sounds a lot of the time, too. The lyrics, which amount to a lot of anger that girls don't live up to some boring adolescent dream of what they should be, get repetitive.

Enjoyable 3.5

New band and album to me. Some of the slower songs were good. I would’ve liked this more if I’d heard it then.

I always prefer Lou when he's in Dinosaur Jr. Not as low-fi as some of their albums, there is some production here and Lou stretches himself here by actually writing a range of songs and he remembers melodies. Early 90's post Nirvana rock; not at its best, but definitely not at its worst either. It's somewhere in the middle. Best Tracks: Soul and Fire; Cliche; Flood

lofi indie rock that hinges on grunge and garage rock with some punk influences as well on this album. it's also the original band for the Dino Jr. frontman, which is pretty funky.

Really enjoyed the first half

Cliche was the first track I really liked. Sacred Attention and Homemade had great sound as well. The album starts off weak and doesn’t really hit stride until about 1/3 way in at the above tracks. Overall I enjoyed it, but not sure if I would listen again. 3

I don't know the low-fi isn't really my thing but it also didn't totally hurt my ears

A variety of different styles in all parts of the music on a song by song basis. I think the tracks were a bit too short to stick, but it was pretty good.

Mediocre appeal.

Interesting but not very original

Just okay. Somewhat dynamic! If I had the cassette I probably would have listened to it a lot but there are more options now

I prefer my Sebadoh when they show a little vulnerability and they don't act like it's all just a joke, like on the first and best track of the album, Soul and Fire. Unfortunately, they don't make a lot of these on that album, but I guess that's what Bakesale is for. I mean, I love slacker rock but you don't have to act like you're not trying at all.

Probably the only tolerable Slacker Rock band out there.

Hey, this is far from a masterpiece, but they got a couple of pretty great slacker rock songs out there! Maybe it's all a little spoiled by some "joke" or "I don't care" songs. Anyway, I enjoyed it as a pure 3 stars.

Some bits are 4+. Some don't even deserve a 1. 3 is generous.

Feels like how I picture nirvana in my head, but with a sprinkling of really hard to listen to songs. The amount of dissonance in some of the songs is too much for me. Interesting enough. 2.5 rounded up (if I listened to it again I'm sure I'd give it a 2, but I think that would just be me getting even more annoyed with songs like Fantastic Disaster)

This early 90s indie college rock never did much for me (other than Superchunk) tho there’s some nice songs here

This album had everything you would expect from early 90s Indie rock: Some songs that are surprisingly listenable with new and energetic material, and some songs overflowing with weirdness and unnecessary shrieking . That balances out to a perfectly inoffensive average score. I do hope they gave Kurt Vonnegut credit for the central part of their cover art (IYKYK)

What a range of rock. Some of this is quite good, but some is quite bad/weird.

Not bad! 3.5/5

Seems like a fine Indie Rock album, very reminiscent of Sonic Youth but a little more punk and less experimental.

Feels like a precursor to what 90s grunge and indie would become.

I like the experimental nature (they are definitely not going for a slick hit record) and the album has got tons of ideas and personality, but often these elements just clash, rather than compliment each other. Some tracks are top notch, like the menacing 'Happily Divided', propulsive 'Sacred Attention', the catchy pop of 'Bouquet For a Siren' and the extended 'Homemade'. But all too often they sound like an amateur band that forgot to check their guitars are tuned or play in the same key or agree on a tempo. It's deliberate, but it detracts rather than adds any value. I don't get it, don't they want to display themselves at their best, as they're obviously capable. I'm on the fence how much I actually enjoyed it; I certainly need to be in the right mood.

I like the discordant sort of sound of this, but it does jar a little at times. Good album though

It was weird, I kept wanting to dislike it, but I really didn't. Angsty yet subdued, a bit like Dinosaur Jr with a hint of Mclusky, but felt that they kept pulling their punches. Could have been more edgier, although overall, I enjoyed it. On a side note, I couldn't help think that Placebo ripped off "Soul and Fire", felt a lot of similarities with "Burger Queen" and "Lady of the Flowers".

This was okay. Representative of alt rock during the time.

not bad but not super interesting. Sounds like a lot of other acts from the era.

Bog standard 90s rock. Fine and inoffensive, but didn't do much for me. Not sure what was so special about this.

some good songs, mostly not my taste but in a live setting i see myself enjoying it more. many songs remind me of nirvana which makes sense, since this came out in 93.

Good

3,5

Hadn’t heard this - very much in my wheelhouse but didn’t do a huge amount for me. A VERY generous three.

Mah, una review dice che l’album migliora con ogni canzone ma per me è stato l’opposto

Easy to listen to but no really catchy or interesing songs.

Good songwriting that showcases the more gruff indie sound of the early 90's. I especially enjoy the variety of songs and sounds

Correcto

In the 1990s, at the left end of the radio dial -- between the conspiracy theories and the fire 'n' brimstone -- there was college radio, and it sounded just like this.

Liked this

I liked the sound, but didn't connect with a few of the songs

Didn't hate it.

Weird but mostly good! I can hear it in the basement with a lot of other inspirations of a lot of the music I really cherish

This was fine. It wasn't the best album I've ever heard, but I didn't hate it. It was pretty unremarkable.

okay, with the caveat that i only listened to what was available on spotify: rly surprised that the tail half of this grew on me. i really thought i was gonna despise the whole thing. 2.5

Pretty cool lo-fi rock. The first track is definitely the best by a country mile, but the rest of the album is interesting as well. I probably won’t go back to this often, but still cool.

I don’t know whether this is a slow burning indie classic or a bit of a ramble. I’d have been listening to Pixies at the time so would probably have considered this a bit second rate.

A weird ass record but still enjoyable, reminds me a bit of early sonic south.

It's ok, I guess. I feel like albums like these are dime a dozen in this list.

Kind of fun I guess

Solid Indie Album. Liked the slower songs more than the faster songs.

I like this album when it has interesting dissonant tones of bass and guitar, like in Elixir Is Zog - beautifully scruffy slacker rock. In general it struggles from the usual problems that plague slacker rock and 90s alternative in general - unrefined punky energy creating uncohesive and/or bloated albums. Fave Tracks: Soul and Fire, Sixteen, Homemade 3.4/5

Pleasant. Listened to during lunch.

nothing noteworthy here. it’s a fun album that suffers from what a lot of bands did back in that era… a lot of 90’s bands kind of sounded the same.

it was okay

Likably slack and raffish, with some interesting moments but maybe too DIY-ly unambitious for its own good. The winning cuts include "Cliche," "Homemade" and the opener. "Flood" is a bad closer.

POV: you are in a play wrong notes and sing off key challenge and this is your opponent. Interesting album though, the off key notes definitely added to the mystery and weirdness

This is pretty good. I like how off-kilter it sounds at times

3.5/5

Enjoyed the first song - Wasnt huge fan after that tho

I really like some parts of this album but other parts not so much

Some pretty cool alt-rock stuff, nothing really spectacular to suggest why the inclusion, but quite a few tracks I dug enough to keep so no complaints. Some quirky instrumentals mixed in, and that's not always a bad thing. Favorite tracks: Fantastic Disaster, Emma Get Wild, Homemade, No Way Out. Album art: Really cool, a sort of burned-out painting or something with more art beneath it. Not entirely sure what I'm looking at, but I like it. 3.5/5

Not too bad, but when it did sound different from bands of the time it didn't sound good. There were a couple songs that were okay! Just not my style, probably.

Nice one

Just fine!

Never heard of them before, which is cool. I like the idea that they all write and perform all of the instruments, but one or maybe two of them are much worse than the other(s). This album goes from good 90's indie/rock to just atonal messes of bad shit. Songs like "Sacred Attention" are awesome, give me an album worth of those. "Fantastic Disaster" is true to it's name I guess. It's literally hard to listen to because it's all out of tune. If you ignore the turds (and there are a lot) this is a pretty good album. I've always liked guitar/bass/drum trios and this is no exception. Jut tell the one guy to get his ears checked.

Can definitely hear the Meat Puppets in this. Not much unique here though.

This is interesting. Not my favorite, but interesting to listen to.

Twas ok, but not for me. There is a lot of slacker core on the spectrum from the Lemonheads up towards the pixies amd this sat in the middle without really standing out. I enjoyed the first couple of tracks before it starts to lose me.

Empezó bien pero todo se fue plp después

Eh, it’s fine. I was excited to see a Sub Pop album that I had never heard before come up, and it was an ok listen, but there wasn’t anything that grabbed me enough to want to come back to it. Soul And Fire, Sacred Attention, and Bouquet for a Siren came close, but otherwise, nothing specific stands out. To its credit, it’s unique - my favorite part of the album is how it borders on pure chaos at points. That’s ultimately what I’ll remember about this album, is how well they strike the balance between traditional songwriting and chaos. They remind me of the Meat Puppets in that sense, but I feel like the Meat Puppets stick the landing better. Overall, some good moments and a unique listen - but as a whole, doesn’t really land for me. Side note - after writing this, I was intrigued enough that I went to their main page on Spotify and checked out their top tracks. Actually really like some of their other stuff, might have to revisit this one at some point. I’ll admit, I didn’t like the Meat Puppets at first, and now I love them, so maybe these guys will grow on me like they did.

A sound that veers too heavily into the atonal, but strikes gold with Cliche, Forced Love, and Think.

Today’s album started as something I felt I was going to really enjoy, as it sounded like something I like to call “apathy-rock”. However, perhaps around halfway through the album I found myself becoming more and more apathetic to listening to more. Usually, this doesn’t affect me with this type of music, but I did find myself slowly growing bored here.

Bakesale or Harmacy would have been a better choice. Not wildly different but just better executed than this.

Enjoyed this, will listen again

Some interesting early indie sounds from a band who never seemed to really take off in the way they probably should’ve, especially when compared to some peers from the same time. Not something I’m in a hurry to revisit, but cool enough to have a few tracks charm their way into a playlist.

Lo-fi rock's frill-free ethos captured but lacking the thrills to keep one fully enraptured.

Kinda like Superchunk meets Pavement. Definitive 90s alt rock. Nothing short of good music but, lets be fair its not *groundbreaking*. Just a fun new listen.

I would eat up most of that wooshy '90s alt-rock sound that felt like maladaptive daydreaming while on road trip on a cloudy day. At the first few tracks, I thought this one is, but it turns out it's just a mildly interesting '90s indie rock effort. There are some punkier, messier, and more interesting albums than this for sure.

I can see how it progressed music, but never did they stick the landing between aesthetic perfection and harmonic dissonance. Some cool ideas, but the purposeful lack of polish felt more amateur than avant-garde

3.5/5

Soul and Fire 3.5 Two Years Two Days 3.4 Telecosmic Alchemy 3.2 Fantastic Disaster 2.8 Happily Divided 3 Sister 3.3 Cliché 3.6 Sacred Attention 3.8 Elixir Is Zog 3.2 Emma Get Wild 3.4 Sixteen 3.3 Homemade 4 Forced Love 3.6 No Way Out 3.3 Bouquet for a Siren 3.4 Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) 3.4 Flood 3.1 Score: 3.370588235

Quite good album. Wasn't sure what to expect.

I really like independent rock. I liked parts of the album. However, there was nothing on it that made me want to listen to the music more often. 3/5

3/5. Gotta appreciate the uniqueness of the sound, and the willingness to try sounds that normally don't go together. Sometimes it works, a lot of the times it does not. There are some great punk/pop songs on here, but it would require a re-listen to see if I actually enjoyed the listen or if the shock was the main thing that drew me in. Best Song: Soul and Fire, Sister, Emma Get Wild

Indie rock. Ni fu ni fa.

Indie rock.

Some good songs

2.5. Here's what I've decided about this album: I like this album fine when they go for a more acoustic sound/slower/more low-key songs. Songs that I thought were fine/overall enjoyable include: Soul and Fire, Happily Divided, and Cliche. I did not like at all the songs included in this album that took a stab at more high-tempo, loud, "rock" sounding music. I love rock music, it's one of my favorite genres. But songs like "Telecosmic Alechemy", "Fantastic Disaster", and "Sister" almost made me consider giving up on this album; they are BAD.

recommended if you like: nirvana, mac demarco, talking about how you used to go to basement shows, the mountain goats, owning ancient chuck taylors, lo-fi

While J Mascis does seem like a controlling bandmember, I much prefer the collaborative work that Barlow and Mascis produce together rather than separately. Long live Western Mass. 2.5/5

I listened last night and did write a review then. Now, I don’t have any specific memory of the album. My vague recollection was it was tolerable at best and I had no interest in listening again.

Some of it I liked and some of it I got bored with. It was ok.

Too noisy to complete the entire album but not really against it

Yeah this was totally fine! I felt relatively impartial about it. Reminded me of like Ben Folds or Death Cab I think, which put me off a little

Hmm, this was a bit too post-punk for me, but didn't hate it

A frustrating listen as the discordant parts just straight up suck. And that's not me disliking discordance, I listen to Industrial Drone for fun... these guys just aren't good at it. The actual songs are decent though

At first I wondered how this band made it out of the garage. It got better, except for Elixir is Zog, which I skipped due to the screaming. The rest were all good enough songs, but it seemed like they never figured out what kind of band they were.

About as low key as you can get. It was done lickety split

This is very early 90s, it's got indie rock written all over it. I like the vibe more than the individual songs.

Never heard of this band before, but there were enough interesting songs on here that I feel like they should be better-known than they are. I have to take off a couple stars because there are several real clunkers on here, and one of the singers kinda sounds like Morty and I couldn’t unhear it once I noticed.

I get that this isn't a masterpiece, but why such a low rating? This album is still pretty solid. It has great energy, is very diverse, and had decent enough performances from every instrument. It's certainly nothing that special, but there is nothing to actively dislike here.

Not my cuppa

A lot of it sounds heavily inspired by Sonic Youth. Rating: 3.1

Wasn't the biggest fan of this

Fine.

New to me, but I had at least heard of Dinosaur Jr. and of J Mascis as a legendary indie guitarist. The legend goes on from there that Lou Barlow meandered away and founded Sebadoh due to artistic differences with Mascis. Or maybe one of them preferred Pepsi while the other opted for Coke. This record, perhaps just a different brand of cola, relays the lo-fi headspace of scruffy low-key aggro bedroom bands in the realm of Sonic Youth, Slint and Beck. Not meant as a jab, clearly this record rocks. I genuinely enjoy metaphorical envigorating bubbly beverages, so cheers to the boundless, though less differentiated, creative expression.

Can't remember much about it, but it was pretty cool

Very Emo.

I like Sebadoh, but I've never really found an album that I felt was listenable the whole way through. Sebadoh III might be the closest, but this album suffers from the same problems - mostly three songwriters with vastly different visions that makes for a disjointed album. There are some very good songs on here, as well as some unlistenable tone experiments. It's a good album overall, but I definitely skipped some tracks.

When I started this project I was hoping there would be a lot more albums like Bubble And Scrape, an album I had never even heard of but that I liked. Doesn’t have to be a 5 star album but ever unknown to me albums that I’d get 3 are pretty rare. Bubble and Scrape is a low fi version forbearer of 2000s indie. Think is one of the best songs I had never heard. Love Homemade as well. 6.7/10

It was ok I suppose. Didn’t have the charm of some of its contemporaries but I’m sure a lot of disaffected teenage boys would have lapped this up.

Reminds me of some of Beck's work, but not as unique or memorable. It was OK. Starting to think this list should be "1001 forgettable and mediocre albums no one will remember".

The guitar part in Homemade sounds like an European ambulance sometimes. Album was alright some songs were much better than others. Sometimes the vocals were too quiet or were purposefully off key. Favorite songs were Soul And Fire, Sister, and Emma Get Wild

First artist I've been assigned that I have no experience with! Liked not loved! I might revisit one day but nothing particularly grabbed me, and some actively pushed me away.

90s indie. Bit whiny at times, raw at others.

OK

Better than Dinosaur Jr

Very typical rock album. Nothing overly great, but nothing overly poor. Main themes involving breakups, but as the songs were pretty short, I felt it lacked the chance for each song to develop properly. Sonically. There were some good attempts with utilizing some experimental instruments and sounds, but to me it ended up sounding a bit like noise. Not super aesthetically pleasing to me and nothing lyrically standing out to redeem it.

Starts strong but evens out towards the latter part

Many of thectracks sounded the same as the others

Started off strong and enjoyable then it was over Spotify only had 2 tracks. I liked the first song did not care for the second.

I had a great time listening to this record. Sebadoh are a band I knew by name, but haven't listened to much - after listening to this, I definitely want to check out more of their work. There are certainly grunge elements on this record, but they experiement and expand into many other genres too. It kept me on my toes. Whilst some tracks didn't resonate with me, many of them were great.

Can't figure out why this album from Sebadoh, instead of Bakesale or III or even Harmacy. Not that this is a bad album it's just that Bakesale is clearly superior and more accessible. This album does point to the better things on the horizon for these darling of the indie-rock scene. 3.5 stars

weird. there are a few songs here that are totally fine and even pleasant to listen to, but the other ones are atonal, meandering, intentionally bad (?) suckfests.

weird album but i enjoyed it overall. pretty hit and miss in terms of individual songs, like it started out strong and then just went off the rails into experimental, less tonal nonsense after a few tracks. would listen to these again as i like some of the other lo-fi indie groups from this time but i have a feeling this will not bode well with the general listening public on 1001... can't wait to check the reviews after this! favorites: soul and fire, two years two days, happily divided

Here I am, on my knees With nothing to blame but my curiosity It got the best of me

3.5

Wish there were half stars. 3 seems like an insult, and 4 too generous. Little to lo-fi sounding for my general taste.

The songs are definitely quite interesting. I like the lo-fi DIY vibe of all the songs, but not too sure about the atonal elements in some of the songs. Those sound like they could be part of the artistic intent, or it could just be poorly played parts. Guess we'll never know which it really is.

I liked it a lot, but it's not special.

I'm pretty sure this is the same as a lot of mid-90's Grungey/Alty/Rocky Garagey-type bands that existed? Not that it's unpleasant. Just samey.

Meh

Didn't hate it.

It has the potential to be good but it still sounds noisy. Some songs are just awful. 3 of 5

3.3/5 Best track: Soul and Fire

This album was neat, but I feel like it suffers a bit to comparisons from other indie bands. I like what Pavement was doing with this era a lot more. Art has to be judged on its own, and this album certainly has some things to recommend it. It's just hard when this reminds me so much of other bands whose work I enjoy more than this 3/5

It’s more accessible than Sonic Youth and mostly less raucous than Dinosaur Jr. Fair to middling lo-fi US alternative “indie” rock.

Surprisingly positive about this one, very garagy

For when you want something real weird.

early 90s indie rock. Nothing really memorable or amazing but ok

Huismerk Dinosaur Jr en huismerk Pixies bij elkaar in een matige mix. Er zijn echt zoveel betere gitaarbandjes en dan stoppen ze dit in een 1001-lijst. Dit zit in principe in de hoek waar ik graag veel van hoor, maar ik ken deze band niet. En terecht. Want er waren er 1001 beter. Een kleine 3 voor de moeite.

This could have been a part of my mid 1990s playlist. Not great. But pretty good. 3.0

Some of this is really good, but some of it is just noise.

Odd mix of stuff

It's ok. Some songs felt more like demos. Maybe It's just the style. I don't think i will remember anything about this album. But also it's kinda like the music i listen to :D

Scraped through some songs, nothing special.

I liked the first song or two. Then it just turned into background music

Lots of distorted guitar Ok car listening, couldn’t make any of the lyrics out

just made me wanna bump pavement…

Ok

It's a bit *too* lo-fi for me. I honestly just found some of the tracks quite boring but a few were pretty good ones.

Sebadoh is an American Indie Rock band First Listen Genre: Indie Rock 1993 Single: Soul and Fire Standouts: Soul and Fire Rating: 3/5

Favorite tracks were Think and Flood

Enjoyable prog rock.

C’est pas mal juste correct

Ranges everywhere from absolute shit to really good. 3 because at it's best I liked it a lot

Nicht so meins.

My first impression was that this album is a more lethargic version of Coldplay, and who needs that? But I've listened to enough of the 1001 to trust the process, so that's what I did. And the album turned out to be pretty good, especially the tracks that had some bounce and pace.

Soft rock

Pretty fun slacker rock, but it isn't as good as the band it spawned from.

7/10

Not as grungy as I was worried it would be. Unpolished. OK

Indie rock

I liked about 1/3 of the songs, was neutral on 1/3, and really disliked the last 1/3. Just didn't care for the ones that were more discordant and immature sounding. Overall not bad but probably wouldn't listen to again. 3 stars.

I really like the Lou Barlow stuff, but Gaffney and Lowenstein's contributions leave me cold.

Varhais-emoa! 10 vuoden takainen minä olisi voinut muodostaa tähän levyyn jonkinlaisen suhteen. Ei aivan löydä fokusta, voisi kyllä olla lyhyempi/tiiviimpi, ottaa grungesta siinä oppia. Mutta monipuolinen.

Album 100 of 1001 Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape Rating : 3 / 5 Favorite Track : Homemade Some grunge...I'd say some punk aspects, as well. It certainly has its moments, but was careful not to give us too many of them. I can see possibilities.

Il y a du bon et du moyen je trouve. mais ne somme c'est un bon album, je ne vois pas trop pourquoi il faut l'avoir écouté dans sa vie car j'ai entendu des 100 d'album comme celui-ci. 3.15

Ei ihan ysäri-indien parhaita levyjä, vaikka soundit on juuri sitä hyvää.

Ihan menevää ja kiinnostavaakin rockia. 3.5/5, pyöristyköön nyt vielä alaspäin mutta voisihan tuota uudelleenkin kuunnella.

J'ai un problème, je n'ai aucun souvenir de cet album que j'ai pourtant écouté il y a moins de quarante-huit heures, est-ce que c'est de ma faute ou plutôt celle de Robert qui nous génère de la merde à longueur de journée ?? Hein Robert ??

I really like the first two songs, hates the third, and thought the rest of the album was very hit or miss. I’d check it out again just to see how my opinion would change. I think there is potential.

oop I didn't keep track of tracks I liked or disliked but this was pretty good! would I listen again? totally!

A perfectly servicable, skewed indie album. Nothing jumped out, but the overall mix of lovelorn, shouty and abstract is enjoyable enough.

Interesting blend of rock genres. Sounds like Pavement to me. 3/5

Me ha recordado un poco a Weezer. Canciones directas. Pocos acordes. Mezcla de pop melódico y, en ocasiones, algo más guitarrero

Low-fi US indie that reminds me of early Pavement and Guided by Voices. Fine but without the charm of either of those.

This is exactly the genre I love, but wow if this isn't the dullest version

3.5

I don't think I've ever heard Sebadoh, but for some reason I thought they were metal. Their name sounds like a metal band, no?! Anyways, it turns out that they're indie-adjacent? The music ranges from soft and sweet to noisy and dissonant. Maybe atonal is a more fitting word than dissonant. I don't really know how I feel about this album. I went from loving it to being bewildered by it and back about ten times. It's good, I think? The more straightforward garage rock tracks certainly are.

Assez bien, très rock 90's, un peu grunge

Bubble & Scrape is the fourth album by American indie rock band Sebadoh. It was their first album recorded entirely in a studio and featured longer songs - a sign the band was focused more on polished albums. I had never heard of this band before, but the music was on par with other rock bands from the mid-90's. It was a good album, and fans of indie rock should love Bubble & Scrape.

Pretty good

So-so

Truly a Jekyll and Hyde album. The first two/three songs and one of the last ones have a cool sound and are enjoyable, the ones in between sound like a trainwreck

Some high highs, some low lows.

Loved a few tracks, soul and fire was cool. Was this annoying pattern on some songs of like nice soft stuff then weirdly hard but it just keeps oscillating. It wore on me after a long day in the office. That said, I feel as though I COULD like this album in the future. Pretty solid 3, feels like it could have been a 4 on another day.

Meh. Very 90s, so I'm not too into it. But , objectively, it's fine.

I remember my brother listening to Sebadoh after he got into dinosaur jr in high school. I liked a few of their songs but not much else and that kind of holds true here. I’m not a fan of noise for noise’s sake, so a lot of this album didn’t really do it for me. ‘Soul and Fire’ and ‘Homemade’ were the only real highlights

Not familiar with this band. The album seems very schizophrenic to me ranging from power pop ballads to growling vocals reminiscent of death metal and hardcore punk. It’s fine but it doesn’t hang together as an album for me.

Meh not really for me. This was fine, and sounds like a less poppy Nirvana which makes sense given they they shared a label. I thought the first half was stronger than the second half.

HL: "Homemade", "Think", "Soul and Fire" Neva heard of this band before today. The (bitter)sweet melodies in songs like "Think" make the atonality/noise in other songs surprising (e.g. "Fantastic Disaster"). And vice versa. Honestly I'm happy to have discovered Sebadoh, even though quality may vary among the 17 tracks on this particular release. February 8, 2023

Bouquet for a siren got some Nirvana vibes for sure. Also some Elliott smith vibes here and there. A couple solid songs on this album but a lot of just ~ok stuff too :/

Enjoyed it for now, but probably won't return to it.

Middelmatig indie plaatje

Nice but unsurprising