Pony Express Record by Shudder To Think

Pony Express Record, the fifth studio album by Washington, D.C. outfit Shudder to Think, came out on Epic in 1994. It was also the first record with guitarist Nathan Larson and drummer Adam Wade, who stepped in after founders Chris Matthews and Mike Russell left.

The new lineup had one rule: sound like nobody else, not Fugazi, not Soundgarden, even if those influences crept in. What they got is post-hardcore bent into odd, jagged art rock, riffs that lurch in strange time and melodies that swoop where you'd never expect. Larson later called it their strangest record yet, a bid for a pop hit that came out velvety, dark and deeply weird, and "X-French Tee Shirt" is the proof: catchy, but only just, and gloriously sideways.

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