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Boyish Charms Biography
by
Mike DaRonco
Bonita, California's Boyish Charm
definitely lived up to their name. This was thanks in part to their
combination of innocent, playfully driven guitar-pop and clever lyrics
which began since their first 21 song cassette The Secret Recordings
released in 1996. Continuing on with the pop quirkiness, the Charm put
out the ¡Viva la Boyish Charms! and Confronted by a Variety of Spirits,
Complete with Apparitions, Odors, Ghostly Music, and Situations That
Frightened the Animals demos within the following two years on their own
((tape-tape)) recordings. Eventually, Hub City Records took notice and
released The Extended-Playing Paradox CD EP at the end of 1998. Upon the
1999 single entitled "Grandma Becomes The Moon" on Spineless Records,
¡Viva la Boyish Charms! was re-released on LP format in July of that
year on Hey Buddy Records.
Tracklist
| A1 |
| Moon's A Crooked Smile | 2:21 |
| A2 |
| Geeks In Town | 3:02 |
| A3 |
| I Feel Like A Pirate Ship | 0:54 |
| A4 |
| Blondes Or Brunettes | 1:22 |
| A5 |
| My Vortex Bedroom | 2:31 |
| A6 |
| A Thousand Good Reasons | 0:59 |
| A7 |
| Try Fighting Shakespeares | 1:34 |
| A8 |
| Kate's Tang | 1:10 |
| A9 |
| Lumberjacks | 1:13 |
| A10 |
| Your Guts | 0:35 |
| A11 |
| Enjoy The Misery | 3:40 |
| A12 |
| Stop The Insanity! | 0:53 |
| A13 |
| Around The Corner | 1:02 |
| B1 |
| I'd Smoke A Cigarette | 2:19 |
| B2 |
| Michelle Neely And Caprice Baca | 1:47 |
| B3 |
| Mesmerized By Nothing | 2:09 |
| B4 |
| Mass Suicide Theme | 1:22 |
| B5 |
| Fragile Mind | 1:45 |
| B6 |
| Pieces Of Eight | 4:02 |
| B7 |
| Heaven Is A Cheese Quesadilla With No Green Sauce From Taco Bell | 3:38 |
| B8 |
| Railroads | 0:30 |
| B9 |
| Old Napoleon | 0:41 |
| B10 |
| Long Time No See | 1:53 |
| B11 |
| Statues | 0:40 |
