i guess i'm floating: [MP3] The Mommyheads: "Help Me / "Angels And Weathermen"

The Mommyheads established quite the cult following throughout the 90s, releasing various albums through various independent labels only to eventually be picked up by a larger label. During the independent days of the 90s, populated by acts like XTC and Sunny Day Real Estate, it seemed to be part of the evolutionary process to climb and climb until you got to the top. The band had signed with Geffen Records in 1997 and shortly thereafter, thanks to inner-label "rearranging", they were dropped before even getting to release their major label debut. The album was barely promoted, the band broke-up shortly after, and the bitterness of their cult-fans further manifested towards "major labels ruin independent acts".

It was a decade after their break-up, while playing a tribute show following the death of their drummer, The Mommyheads got the itch to record once again. The result was the recently released You're Not A Dream which took old unreleased material from their heyday and combined it with new, flavorful tracks. Veteran rock critic Bud Scoppa made a good point about The Mommyheads latest LP: "It shows clearly how ahead of the curve they were. They combined the tunefulness and wit that we associate with Death Cab for Cutie with the rhymthic punch of Spoon. It's amazing that The Mommyheads perfected all that well over a decade ago." You can catch that pop flare in their first single "Help Me" but the rhythmic punch will definitely be heard in the addictive "Angels And Weathermen".