Cold Water Flat...
So as of this week I can officially consider myself part of the working force again, which I am extremely excited about. I’ve been off for longer than I’d like to admit, so it feels good to finally be back and doing something I enjoy. I don’t think the blog will suffer any from it as I do most of my updating very late at night or very early in the morning; however you want to look at it. I’ve lined up about 10 or so updates for the next couple weeks, so everything should continue as normal. With that said, on with the tunes…
I am going to venture a guess and say that there are at least a few others out there like me that were turned on to Cold Water Flat through their connection to Buffalo Tom. Cold Water Flat’s guitarist and vocalist Paul Janovitz is the brother of Buffalo Tom lead man Bill Janovitz, which forms that interesting little connection. Unsurprisingly there are some similarities between the two bands in terms of sound, along with Paul and Bill sounding somewhat alike vocally as well. For the most part if you were a fan of one of the two bands then you in all likelihood did or would like the other one.
Cold Water Flat was formed around 1990 and released two pretty solid albums. Their first album titled Listen was released in 1993 through the Sonic Bubblegum label. The album gathered them a bit of attention amidst the whole alternative major label sign-o-thon of the 90’s and they were inevitably signed to MCA. Their second album, which was Self-Titled, was released in 1995 and despite making the rounds on some college radio they didn’t get the sort of push and/or support they needed and the album didn’t sell. That sounds like a broken record for so many bands at that time, but for people like me it makes searching bargain bins that much more exciting these days. But anyway, Cold Water Flat disbanded not long after the album. Paul Janovitz spent some time in the band Dragstrip Courage. These days you can find him by checking out his photography website or head on over to MySpace to listen to some of his solo work.
Listen:
Cold Water Flat – Listerine [MP3]
Cold Water Flat – Dig [MP3]
Cold Water Flat:
Cold Water Flat – Magnetic North Pole [MP3]
Cold Water Flat – It’s Over [MP3]
Both the albums are still available used through Amazon, although for whatever reason they don’t come up together when you search the band. So, to purchase Listen head over here and to purchase the bands self-titled disc head over here. As always, enjoy!
I am going to venture a guess and say that there are at least a few others out there like me that were turned on to Cold Water Flat through their connection to Buffalo Tom. Cold Water Flat’s guitarist and vocalist Paul Janovitz is the brother of Buffalo Tom lead man Bill Janovitz, which forms that interesting little connection. Unsurprisingly there are some similarities between the two bands in terms of sound, along with Paul and Bill sounding somewhat alike vocally as well. For the most part if you were a fan of one of the two bands then you in all likelihood did or would like the other one.
Cold Water Flat was formed around 1990 and released two pretty solid albums. Their first album titled Listen was released in 1993 through the Sonic Bubblegum label. The album gathered them a bit of attention amidst the whole alternative major label sign-o-thon of the 90’s and they were inevitably signed to MCA. Their second album, which was Self-Titled, was released in 1995 and despite making the rounds on some college radio they didn’t get the sort of push and/or support they needed and the album didn’t sell. That sounds like a broken record for so many bands at that time, but for people like me it makes searching bargain bins that much more exciting these days. But anyway, Cold Water Flat disbanded not long after the album. Paul Janovitz spent some time in the band Dragstrip Courage. These days you can find him by checking out his photography website or head on over to MySpace to listen to some of his solo work.
Listen:
Cold Water Flat – Listerine [MP3]
Cold Water Flat – Dig [MP3]
Cold Water Flat:
Cold Water Flat – Magnetic North Pole [MP3]
Cold Water Flat – It’s Over [MP3]
Both the albums are still available used through Amazon, although for whatever reason they don’t come up together when you search the band. So, to purchase Listen head over here and to purchase the bands self-titled disc head over here. As always, enjoy!
Labels: indie-rock, rock
posted by Jonathan at
12:10 AM
1 Comments:
Nice call. I'm a huge Cold Water Flat fan - saw them live back when the eponymous album was new and "Magnetic North Pole" was getting some airplay - and always thought they were terribly underappreciated. They had a great sense of drama and a terrific sound... too bad they never found their niche.
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