Broken (Three O')Clock
It's a Cutouts Gone Wild! kind of day
Writing today's post under an Extreme Time Crunch, so I'm going to give you the very brief version of how this came together:
- Back in the filesharing era, I somehow became acquainted with the Three O'Clock via their song "When She Becomes My Girl"
- At the time, any and all Three O'Clock albums were way out of print, so "When She Becomes My Girl" — which I love — was the only one of their songs I knew for years
- Other Three O'Clock albums have since been restored to circulation, but not 1988's Vermillion, from which "When She Becomes My Girl" first sprung
- I was recently reminded of all this, and decided to purchase a copy of Vermillion even though I'm well aware of its status as the red-headed stepchild of the Three O'Clock discography
- I ripped Vermillion with every intention of sharing a glorious lost classic with you — because again, "When She Becomes My Girl" is great
- I listened to it
- It actually kind of sucks
- It's coming up on 9 o'clock, which is late for any post, but especially one about the Three O'Clock [studio audience laughs]
- I'm stuck for a post for today, so I'm just going to present this album to you anyway and let you judge for yourself
- Please see this lengthy and quite informative Popdose interview with the Vermillion lineup (which included a baby Jason Falkner!) for more information