Palomine by Bettie Serveert

Palomine, the debut album from Dutch band Bettie Serveert, came out on 2 November 1992 on Brinkman Records and Guernica, with Matador bringing it to the United States the following year. It had been a long road to get there: the band first formed in 1986, fell apart for four years after their very first gig, and regrouped in 1990. Their name, which means "Bettie Serves", comes from a book by Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve.

What they came back with is ragged, melodic guitar rock that drawls and sways, with Berend Dubbe's drums keeping it loose and the guitars ringing out in long, lazy arcs. The title track is the one the countdowns caught, and The Guardian later hailed the album as one of the peaks of European guitar music in years when America and Britain ruled the scene. Lamprey came next.

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