Flying Saucer -"Plastic Fruit" plus 3 (Homestead Records, 1991)

Ok, it's that time. i just dumped all the stuff that was on my (dusty) turntable lid onto the floor and it's time to start playing vinyl again! Been a while.....anyway, this is another one of those terrific late 80's/early 90's band who i'm afraid will be forgotten about (like Salem 66). This NYC trio consisted of Torry Colichio on drums (she was later in Kickstand), Jeff Kryvicky (who I think was also in Kickstand) and guitarist/bassist/vocalist Yasmin Kuhn (who later went on to be in Cobalt), who sings 3 of the 4 songs here. Back in the early 90's they called this stuff "love rock", whatever the hell that meant. This was the bands 2nd single, the first one was on the Teenbeat label and was just ok but the songs on here are really great. The Jeff-sung "Plastic Fruit" wasn't a bad song (equal parts V.U. and Modern Lovers) but the other 3 that Yasmin sings are stellar, especially the very V.U. influenced (as all the songs are) "Sandy Says" which feature Torry's very Moe Tucker like thump a dump drumming and Yasmin's cooing vocals. "A Place", which slows the pace down a bit, is almost as great and the other Yasmin-sung song, "Always Something" is lovely as well. Flying Saucer weren't around for all that long but , with this 7", made their mark on early 90's indie rock. Mike Appelstein often wrote about the band in his terrific zine CAUGHT IN FLUX (and perhaps in his previous zine too , WRITERS BLOCK) but they were pretty low on the radar, even when they were around. If you see this 7" in your local record store pick it up.