April 03, 2005

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Your Mix Tape, Track 5

I've been really gentle, so when I thought of putting up a single from brother and sister team K's Choice, I thought, well, let's put up the friendliest one out there.

From an album produced by Gil Norton (who has produced for Pixies and the Foo Fighters), "If You're Not Scared" got the Belgian band billed across Europe and booked on the Lilith Fair. "If You're" is very unlike the amped guitars you'll find in other tracks from 1998's Cocoon Crash, but it's the nicest sing-song-iest one they have.

Although the band is arguably beyond its prime, their music was a better fit for the nineties, when grunge was grunge, Todd Oldham was hip and Liz Phair hadn't sold out yet. (Tell that to the Gin Blossoms or Better Than Ezra who are trying to make a comeback.) They have the right amount of angst and sentimentality (and pre-millennium tension)that made the 90's such a dissonant time.

More recently, K's Choice released a "Ten Years of..." CD which pretty much signals that their best years are behind them.

It doesn't mean that they won't be worth a listen. Take it here.

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