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FuzzBob wrote:Year After Year (1993) is the duo's first full-length release, a decidedly downbeat, Swans-paced shoegazer affair punctuated by Unsane's Vinnie Signorelli on drums for a couple of tracks.

crevecoeur wrote:I always been curious about it, but never wanted to spend a dime for it :

Does anyone have the James Iha's solo album ?????

Having moved out of four-track land and into a studio for its second LP, Space Needle waves goodbye to all the warm 'n' fuzzy lo-fi noise of its debut. Expanded to a trio … Space Needle now makes a mighty roar when it launches into one of its funny-smelling, instrumental noisescapes. Like its predecessor, THE MORAY EELS EAT THE SPACE NEEDLE also features actual "songs... Drummer/keyboardist Jud Ehrbar's tunes are minimalist pop nuggets, mostly about being alone or apart. They feature light instrumentation with a slight crackle of distortion and wonderfully simple vocal harmonies.

An attempt to expand the band with additional musicians failed to materialise, so in their usual assured approach Polyphemus the duo … bursting with loud layered guitars which could not fail to excentuate the remarkably strong pop songs they had written. Influences encapsulated the mad mid sixties pop psychedelia of The Who and The Byrds … references from contemporary sources such as Sonic Youth…