Too Many Shadows
1988 · Alternative Rock · Rough Trade
UK · RT 221
Seattle Grunge
Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.
Boston Alternative
College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.
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Produced by Frank De Freitas
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