Terrible Things Happen

Pop · 1998 · 14 tracks

Terrible Things Happen

The Aislers Set

Warm, tape-saturated indie pop that marries 60s girl-group melodies with a sharp, basement-recorded edge. Wistful, jangling, and unmistakably autumnal.

July 31, 1998 · Slumberland Records

A wistful and warm collection of pop songs that feels like a nostalgic dream of the 1960s filtered through a 90s basement.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

01

Friends of the Heroes

3:28

02

California

3:14

03

Holiday Gone Well

3:25

04

Alicia's Song

4:28

05

I've Been Mistreated

2:29

06

Mary's Song

5:18

07

Why Baby

1:55

08

Long Division

2:33

09

London Madrid

3:38

10

Cocksure Whistler

2:22

11

Army Street

3:24

12

Falling Buildings

2:44

13

Jaime's Song

4:05

14

My Boyfriend (Could Be a Spanish Man)

1:57

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition from the gentle acoustic strumming to the sudden, fuzzed-out guitar swell on track 4.

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