Photo: Springhouse in 1991 (l-r): Jack Rabid, Larry Heinemann, Mitch Friedland
We at The Big Takeover are absolutely stoked to present the first video single from From Now to OK, the well-regarded swansong LP by Springhouse, the fondly remembered dream-pop trio led by singer/songwriter Mitch Friedland backed by bassist Larry Heinemann and our own Jack Rabid on drums!
Independent Project Records (IPR), which originally released From Now to OK as a limited edition CD in 2008, announced today that they will reissue the band’s 12-track album on March 14. The reissue will be released on vinyl, CD and digital formats and include a bonus CD of previously unreleased demos and live tracks.
All physical formats will be presented in a beautiful package from designer Bruce Licher. The new LP edition will be made available on black vinyl as well as clear orange vinyl (a super-limited translucent green tint vinyl of only 200 copies was released last November for Record Store Day). The new CD edition has been remastered by Josh Bonati and also includes the second bonus disc of demos and rarities, packaged with a folding insert in an oversized CD pocket folder letterpress-printed by hand at IPR.
Springhouse may be best remembered as the first major-signed, nationally touring U.S. shoegaze band of the original era: a 1991 MTV video, “Layers,” a Rolling Stone feature and copious airplay brought notice to two albums on the Virgin Records’ subsidiary Caroline Records. The group started with a 1990 debut single for Singles Only (a label founded by Bob Mould, Maxwell’s Steve Fallon and radio DJ Nick Hill) then signed to Caroline, which released their first two albums, Land Falls (1991) and Postcards From the Arctic (1993). Springhouse were among the first Americans to cover My Bloody Valentine and share stages across the country with the likes of Ride, House of Love, The Chills, Psychedelic Furs, Belly and Lemonheads.
But enough verbiage! Let the music (and video) do the talking! Here’s “Moving Van” by Springhouse!
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The boys today!
