Manos TSOV-43 "Heart Swell" and "Bleached Blonde"

"Heart Swell" and "Bleached Blonde"

only previously released as a 45 for the tiny Pongo label back in 1984

"Learning" describes the abuse he suffered at the hands of his stepfather

and sometimes fall back together

but Krauter's light touch feels like something all his own

Manos TSOV-43 "Heart Swell" and "Bleached Blonde"A college radio hit, Manos was characterized as indiepop or indie rock or "alternative, but also had a touch of art rock, folk, emo, math rock, postrock, even jazz, nearing the same spiritual space as '90s bands like Unrest, Sebadoh, and Versus. [Rebecca] Gates told our zine in 1993 what kind of record she wanted to make: She wanted it to be "really magical the way the first Verlaines record is or a Replacements record things that you can put on when