SPORTSGUITAR Fade Cliché 1994

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Sportsguitar Biography by Jason Ankeny

The Lucerne, Switzerland-based lo-fi outfit Sportsguitar was formed in 1993 by frontman Oliver Obert and multi-instrumentalist Roland Saum, who previously teamed in the band Hypocrisy in Spring. After recording a demo, the duo approached a number of international labels, all of whom passed on releasing their music; as a result, Sportsguitar's 1994 debut LP Fade/Cliché appeared on the band's own label, the aptly-named Our Own Records. After a tape made its way to the offices of SubPop, the label issued the single "Gong Gong" in early 1995, while Sportsguitar's second album, 1996's Married, 3 Kids, appeared on another high-profile American indie, Matador. Happy Already followed in 1998.

 

Tracklist

1		Gong Gong	2:58
2		Pretty Sad	2:28
3		Reality	1:35
4		Letters	3:52
5		Mars	1:56
6		Down	3:47
7		Popstar	2:33
8		Serious	3:40
9		So Happy	2:57
10		Terror	4:28
11		Cathy	3:31
12		Curtain	3:12
13		Turtle	4:00
14		Tits	2:31