Blog: Fensepost

After moving to Seattle in December 2003, I started frequenting Easy Street and Sonic Boom Records. I'd spend hours looking through old records, listening to bands I'd never heard of, and carrying around large stacks of soon-to-be-purchased (or put back) merchandise. On occasion I would pick up something cold, having never listened to the album, just because the cover looked intriguing or the price was pleasing. Chromatics ' Plaster Hounds was one of these grabs and came on purple swirl vinyl for a mere $6.49. I immediately fell in love with "Garden." [...]