Vitreous Humor...

Vitreous Humor was a really great post-emo/indie group that formed sometime in the late eighties in Topeka, Kansas. However, they didn’t really fully come together until the early 90’s when they decided to just go with the trio of Danny Pound (vocals, guitar), Brad Allen (at that time bass), and Dan Benson (drums) after a revolving door of other bassists. With that lineup they released a three song 7” on Crank! in 1994. Soon after Brooks Rice joined up and took over bass duties while Brad Allen then moved to second guitar. With being able to have a second guitarist, it allowed the band to really expand on their sound and gave it the meatier punch that it needed.

Other than a couple 7 inches and a split with Boys Life, the only other thing that the band released while they were actually together was their self-titled EP in 1995, which was also put out by Crank!. For those that are pretty big fans of that whole Midwestern emo/indie sound, then I sure hope that you own this EP. It’s pretty definitive stuff that kind of gets overshadowed by some of the genres better known bands.

After gaining a respectable following from basically just the EP, the band succumbed to tension within and called it quits not very long after. In 1998 Crank! put out a posthumous release of recordings from the band, not so cleverly titled Posthumous. It’s a pretty good collection of material from the band that rivals their EP in terms of quality and also features my favorite song the band ever did in “Why Are You So Mean to Me”, which was originally only found on the split they did with Boys Life.

Vitreous Humor:
Vitreous Humor – Applaud Water [MP3]
Vitreous Humor – Squares of Squares [MP3]

Posthumous:
Vitreous Humor – Why Are You So Mean to Me [MP3]
Vitreous Humor – Science Has No Soul [MP3]
Vitreous Humor – Tough Women [MP3]

After the band called it quits the original three members of the band reappeared as The Regrets, which also released one album but in my opinion never really were at the level that they were with Vitreous Humor. Both the self-titled EP and Posthumous are still available from Amazon, both used and new. Do check it out if you like the tunes.