Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse

Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, the debut from Richmond, Virginia's Sparklehorse, came out on Capitol on September 26, 1995 in the US, with the UK getting it on May 6, 1996. Mark Linkous, the band's singer and multi-instrumentalist, had been working as a guitar tech, roadie and sometime collaborator for Cracker, so he cut much of it with Cracker's players, and David Lowery, credited as David Charles, produced and recorded most of it alongside him.

What came out is a lopsided, homemade-sounding wonder: warped country, fuzzed-out rock and tiny, cracked lullabies, with banjo, lap steel, chord organ and Wurlitzer drifting through the crackle from the band's early lineup. Linkous sings like he's half asleep and half heartbroken. "Someday I Will Treat You Good" is the one that got onto the radio, a scrappy, sweet-and-sour rocker that sounds like it was taped in a shed and is all the better for it. Good Morning Spider came next.

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