East Village Hotrod Hotel texas tornados Produced by Carpark Records

Produced by Carpark Records

densely-layered guitar lines and Morrissey's lyrics and plaintive delivery makes magic of "This Charming Man" (whose theme of sexual ambiguity was to remain prevalent in the group's work) and the gentle major-seventh chords of "I Don't Owe You Anything

Tom Rothrock

" where Yes and early King Crimson meet Opeth

a record that moves between stylized eccentricity and streamlined strangeness

East Village Hotrod Hotel texas tornados Produced by Carpark RecordsEast Village are one of the great lost bands. Along with other legendary bands like Big Star and The Action, who also failed to fully stamp their mark whilst active, East Village made pop music that was timeless, but out of step with the musical environment around them. From their mid 80s roots as Episode Four to their late 80s heyday with a string of now highly sought after singles and EPs on labels like Sub Aqua, Heavenly and Summershine, East