Mint Condition: C/D, S/D

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I've always had a soft spot for them without being a big fan, but seeing them live three years ago converted me, and I think the new indie album is pretty great. I recently wrote about 'em, and they have a new web site with music.

http://www.mintconditionmusic.com/
http://citypages.com/databank/26/1276/article13294.asp

They've been playing spot dates, but I don't see the album getting reviewed anywhere. Are there fans/haters at ILM?

― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 31 May 2005 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I really liked "Pretty Brown Eyes" when it was a hit in early '92 (I think I requested it at my 8th grade graduation dance!), but I've barely thought of them since!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

that City pages story was cool.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Breakin' My Heart" still does mine, and "Pain or Pleasure" was excruciatingly overlooked.

― Rich (Rich), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the tracks on the new album with steel drums. I'm not sure why only the first few tracks have them though....

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks, Matt. It still reads rough to me, but sometimes you just gotta hit the page...

How weird is the title track?

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i like old stuff like you send me swinging but the lyrics on this new album seemed totally inane and ABC-like (as in the alphabet not the 80s pop group). they seemed pretty stupid, actually. and the melodies are more cloying than raphael saddiqs.

― blahbariantheoriginal, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I love Raphael Siddiq, too, so there you go...

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

Predictably I liked the last album a lot too, despite its title--discussed over yonder:
Mint Condition

And here's the repaired link to that article above:
http://www.citypages.com/2005-05-18/news/we-got-us/all/

Anyone hear or like the new one?

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:58 (fifteen years ago)

Okay, predictably loving this one too, though it takes a while to take...

― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 15 April 2011 04:20 (fifteen years ago)

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