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Nurture
cuppa joeDRM011
Release Date - March 2, 2010In 1994, we released what was probably our ultimate DIY effort. Cuppa Joe’s Nurture was thirteen tracks of articulate, home-spun indie pop from a band that was, until that point, our biggest seller.
With artwork featuring original illustrations from drummer Steve Spatucci that was horrifyingly silkscreened by the Dromedary staff, we hand assembled the initial pressing of 500 CDs and sent out our promo copies, hoping for the best. The response was overwhelming.
Here’s what the San Diego zine Genetic Disorder had to say:
“These 13 songs are a gift. They’re a present handed down from those spirits which govern creative endeavors and they capture the sensation of spending late nights at coffee shops, drinking too much espresso, and staring across the room at the most beautiful person you’ve ever seen, trying hard not to let your eyes linger long enough for them to notice. The catchy melodies adorning these ditties seduce the listener although they’re fairly quick about it. “Sitting Limit,” and “Broken Arms,” among other cuts, are insidiously addictive pop, sugary sweet and loaded with chemicals and colorings nature never saw. If you desperately need a comparison, think Sebadoh meets Unrest on a starry night in the middle of Nebraska, listening to the wind whistle through the corn fields as the band members strum acoustic guitars and slowly fall asleep to dream.”
The record caught on instantly, and as singer Doug Larkin and drummer Steve Spatucci went on to create more beautiful pop, and to produce the well-known indie fanzine Science Geek, Nurture slowly cemented itself as one of those unheralded classics that occupies a coveted spot in the record collection of indie music fans.
Now, Dromedary is proud to release an updated version of Nurture – a fresh mix of the album’s lead track “Sitting Limit” (with brand-new guitar from Doug Larkin), four additional tracks from the band’s early 90s studio sessions, and, perhaps most importantly, the real cover illustration from Steve.
Classic Cuppa tunes like “Bottlerocket,” “French Toast,” and “Broken Arms.” A fresh recording of “Sitting Limit.” Previously unreleased tracks like “Backseat Window,” and a revisit of “Meanings,” the band’s first indie release from the long out-of-print 1992 Dromedary compilation Nothing Smells Quite Like Elizabeth. All for ten bucks.
How can you go wrong?
- MP3 $5.00
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Track Song Title Price 01 Sitting Limit $.99 02 Decline $.99 03 Broken Arms $.99 04 Poster $.99 05 Swinging On Your Gate $.99 06 Bottlerocket $.99 07 Self Confidence $.99 08 Long Walk $.99 09 Medium Well $.99 10 Beauty of an Unshared Thing $.99 11 I Still Shake $.99 12 Safe $.99 13 French Toast $.99 14 Skull Lamp $.99 15 Backseat Window $.99 16 Meanings $.99 -
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Mommyheads
Flying Suit
Flying Suit is considered by many to be one of the greatest indie records of the 90s. Beautifully remastered by Fred Kevorkian (White Stripes, Phish, Stuyvesant), the fidelity of this reissue is magnificent – and the record contains three bonus tracks that were not found on the original. The tracks – “Box,” “Over,” and “Day Job,” were recorded during the same era, and fit wonderfully in this collection.
And now, we’ve added a FREE concert video to the download! That’s right, when you download Flying Suit from this website, you get the complete, remastered Flying Suit, plus the three bonus tracks, and a DVD-quality concert video of the band performing “Worm” this past May at the Cave, in Sundyberg, Sweden!
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen
I Am Spartacus.
Burly pop-core, Jersey City style, for your listening pleasure. After a long wait, this NJ indie treasure finally enjoys wide distribution – pick it up now!
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cuppa joe
Nurture
Classic Cuppa tunes like “Bottlerocket,” “French Toast,” and “Broken Arms.” A fresh recording of “Sitting Limit.” Previously unreleased tracks like “Backseat Window,” and a revisit of “Meanings,” the band’s first indie release from the long out-of-print 1992 Dromedary compilation Nothing Smells Quite Like Elizabeth. All for ten bucks.
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Out this October, Finest Specimens is a sort of “best of the Mommyheads” collection, containing 21 tracks that span the band’s entire career, right through 2010. In addition to classic Mommyheads tracks, Finest Specimens contains four previously unreleased live tracks, and a brand new Mommyheads song, the beautiful and haunting ballad “When The Sun Breaks.”
