Translator - Heartbeats And Triggers

Between this and the Everything But The Girl poll, I love ilxors when they remind me of old records I'd forgotten <3 <3 <3 <3

watching later translator videos on youtube (none of which i remember) i now know where the mighty lemon drops got their entire sound from.

Translator and Wire Train are reuniting for a show in September: http://www.slims-sf.com/slims-bin/showcal?date=2009-09-05

Opening up: Deborah Iyall

Translator are so, so great. Since discovering them in the early 2000's, I've always thought Heartbeats and Triggers (dark jangle; Scott very OTM with the Feelies comparison) and No Time Like Now (with the goofy but great disco-not-disco single 'Break Down Barriers' and the sublime title track) were top tier american new wave. I even like their nice jangly MOR third album. Evening of the Harvest, I've always thought, was an unfortunate last album. But they had a great run initially.

Has anyone ever checked out the two rarities sets, Different Time and Sometimes People Forget?