A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
After three incredible albums of jittery, jangly indie rock, the Feelies made a pivot for 1991's Time For A Witness. While retaining the overall Feelies aesthetic, a few tracks found them in more muscular, electric territory. It should have primed them for some belated commercial attention, a little better fit with the then-emerging sound of alternative rock, and they did get some good press. But it wasn't a break-out, and they ended up dissolving (only to miraculously emerge with a new album 20 years later, and they've continued to play the intermittent East Coast gigs since then).
The single "Sooner Or Later" is characteristic of the edgier Witness vibe, maintaining the frenetic, highly caffeinated simplicity of their earlier work but with a bit more punch. (Nice to hear Brenda Sauter's bass way up in the mix!) It's definitely got that if-this-doesn't-make-them-MTV-stars-nothing-will feel to it. It didn't, but still a rousing note to go out on.
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