RICE THRESHER

(RICE UNIVERSITY)

SEPTEMBER 17, 1993

Bands mix multiple styles of music

By Jeremy Hart

STUCK ON CAROLINE: LABEL SAMPLER ‘93

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Idaho. No, they’re not from the Potato State. “Idaho” is more of a state of mind than a home for these two guys (they’re from LA), because the music captures perfectly the way l envision Idaho: the wind whistling across endless fields beneath an endless sky.

The two songs on the album, “Skyscrape” and “You Are There,” both sound like they owe a bit to the more recent stuff by Dinosaur Jr. and the Screaming Trees, with even a touch of U2. Sparse, stately, vaguely depressing music—haunting strains of feedback swirling around pained vocals. If Idaho’s not like this, then it should be.