CAPTURED TRACKS ANNOUNCES STRUM & THRUM: THE AMERICAN JANGLE UNDERGROUND 1983-1987
Today Captured Tracks’ announces, Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983 – 1987, the first volume of Captured Tracks’ new venture into compilations – Excavations. Spread across two LPs, Strum & Thrum includes an 80+ page booklet with an extensive oral history of the ‘80s indie scene, an introduction by Captured Tracks label head Mike Sniper, and tons of archival images and ephemera. Along with the announcement, the label releases the first single “Trusted Woods” by The Reverbs. Originally released in 1984, “Trusted Woods” is filled with clanging, jangly guitars, reverb drenched vocals, and a herky-jerky rhythm section, what Strum & Thrum is all about. Watch the compilation teaser featuring “Trusted Woods” and archival footage of many of the bands included on the LPs below:
The 28-track collection will be released in a limited Orange Vinyl edition on Record Store Day’s “Day Drop” on October 24. It will be issued by Captured Tracks digitally and on CD and Black Vinyl on November 13.
Inspired by Pebbles, Killed By Death, Soul Jazz and Numero Group compilations, Excavations is a series dedicated to compiling forgotten music from the 1970s – 1990s that has a connection to Captured Tracks’ sound and aesthetic. Much like the Cleaners from Venus, the Wake, and Saäda Bonaire reissues we’ve put out, Excavations releases will bridge the past to our current roster and showcase the kinds of sounds that inspire us. It makes sense that the first volume of Excavations isStrum & Thrum. As an American label, we’ve often wondered why British, Aussie, and Kiwi indie rock from the ‘80s has had the most influence on modern acts and the collector’s market. Granted, the music released on Creation, Sarah, Cherry Red, Postcard, Flying Nun, et al. during that era was fantastic, but a parallel to this sound existed in the US and Canada as well. Outside of bands like R.E.M., the Rain Parade, the Dream Syndicate, and a few others, most of these bands received little attention from national or international press outlets and markets – unless they opted for a “big ‘80s” sound and signed to a major. The acts on this compilation are the antithesis of that, with a true DiY spirit that lead many of these bands to self – record and self – release within tiny local scenes in small cities and college towns across America.
released on 13th November.
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