Great Boston rock band influenced by Hüsker Dü and The Replacements. The self titled debut and Birdbrain were both produced by J. Mascis and pretty much sound like Dinosaur Jr. minus the face-melting guitar solos (although J. does wail away on the track Impossible off the self titled). On Let Me Come Over the band enlisted the famed production duo of Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade and it featured a much sleeker and polished sound. For Big Red Letter Day they worked with the Robb Brothers who scored a hit with The Lemonheads' album It's A Shame About Ray. It is also the most successful Buffalo Tom album and contains the hit single "Soda-Jerk" that was used in the TV series My So Called Life. The boys also appeared in a seperate episode of the show playing the song "Late At Night". Buffalo Tom took a much rawer approach on the album Sleepy Eyed, both in production and songwriting. Its the most punk sounding of their albums since the self titled. Frequent Dinosaur Jr collaborator John Agnello recorded the album and its a real rager. This band just got better and better with each successive release. They are back together now and will have a new album out early next year. If you are a fan of 90's alternative rock i.e. Dinosaur Jr., The Lemonheads and Superchunk then you're bound to find something to like here.
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