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 |
