Today It’s You
Catalog Number: SC020
Released 03/16/1999
At times disturbing and uncomfortable, Marmoset present their tales of street walking, dope seeking and titty clubs in precise and pop-formatted doses. On their debut EP HIDDENFORBIDDEN critics painted Marmoset, despite the under-two-minute-mark in which their songs traveled, as a brooding and slightly twisted group borrowing from early Sonic Youth. Still, Marmoset’s delightful pop sensibility is undercut by a dark underbelly that keeps the songs hanging in a complex zone of romance and reality, sharing more a vibe stylistically similar to Felt, Syd Barrett and early Roxy Music, while mixing the over-the top pomp production of SOME GIRLS-era Rolling Stones with feet planted firmly in the ALIEN LANES living room. Undoubtedly, with TODAY IT’S YOU, Marmoset finds itself on the cusp of a very dirty sleeve.
Tracks
MAIN TITLES
A PRAYER FOR ELAINE
(HEAVY BREATHING) ON THE TELEPHONE
PRETTY GIRL (PITY)
SHATTER THE LOVELY
LAUGH GIRAFFE
GIVER COLANDER
THE LOVERS
BLOOMS
DARLING, THE STREETS ARE FOR KEEPS
EQUATOR STUDIO TEXT
SPEAKERS
(PUT) THE BABY (IN THE BASSINETTE)
FOREVER WE IGNITE
PEACE IN THE VALLEY
TODAY IT'S YOU
RAINCOATS IN SEA
TITTY CLUB
LEIBER MARMOSET
TERRIN MINE