True West

True West Shot You Down / 1969 7″

On the A-side, TRUE WEST showcases a neo-generic pop style that’s so soft and unassuming that it left me completely uninvolved. The STOOGES cover on the flip, though, musters up some excitement despite the band’s continual tendency to squelch its own power. Lacks heart.

• Reviewer Steve Spinali
• Label Zippo
• Issue MRR #27 • August 1985

True West Steps to the Door 12″

I seem to be having a flashback. Is this early PINK FLOYD? The WATCHBAND? No, it’s a current band that’s gradually become more original and biting than those LA copycat psych groups. The guitar etches notes green and purple inside my brain. Please shut the window.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Bring Out Your Dead
• Issue MRR #7 • July/August 1983