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Strange Alliance

Keene, Tommy

Strange Alliance

12xu
LP $14.75

07/02/2013  

12XU 051 


***In the annals of American power pop, TOMMY KEENE is a Zelig-esque figure of sorts. He's been name-checked by DC punks and in the pages of George Pelecanos novels alike. He won a Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll back when there was an actual category for EP's. He's played guitar for Paul Westerberg's touring band and done the same for Robert Pollard (with a subsequent collaboration album). He was on "120 Minutes" before Matt Pinfield hosted (but after Peter Zaremba), starred in a major motion picture alongside Anthony Michael Hall and Siouxsie Sioux, and holds the distinction of being one of the only artists who can claim to have once been labelmates with Guns'n'Roses and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (but not the only artist---sorry, Pell Mell). All of that very dubious history stuff aside, Tommy's been one of the most important pop songwriters of the last 30 years, and if his brushes with near-fame are very far in the rear view mirror, that's no reflection on the quality and depth of his work over that time. This summer, we're thrilled to make his very first solo album, Strange Alliance available again on vinyl for the first time in many years. Originally issued by Avenue Records in 1982, Strange Alliance might sound like a rock album from that era, but much like the rest of Keene's catalog, it begs the question why it wasn't considered a classic at the time. 12XU’s limited edition reissue was remastered by JASON WARD at Chicago Mastering Service and includes two songs that never appeared on the original Avenue LP, "Nothing Is Gray" and "Stuck On A Ship." No download card (fuck!). 

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