This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Let’s face it, when you think of Sub Pop records, you think of one thing: Grunge. Or at least rock of the heavy, snarling and fearsome variety — whether it’s from oldsters like Nirvana and Mudnoney or new acts like The Go!
What you least expect is hip-hop — but that’s precisely what you get from the Seattle label’s newest act, the PNW duo Evil Tambourines. Hip-hop with an indie-rock sensibility is the specialty of the day here. The grooves are light and trippy like early De La Soul; the production is loopy and whimsical like Dream Warriors; the rhymes sometimes have the sizzle and sass of Paul’s Boutique-era Beastie Boys. Sub Pop? Try Sub Hop.
