{"product_id":"let-me-come-over-25th-anniversary","title":"Let Me Come Over - 25th Anniversary","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuffalo Tom (Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis) formed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1984 - a breeding ground of post punk guitar bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Pixies. They thrived on college radio in the late 1980’s and toured extensively in Europe, the US, Australia and Japan. In 1992 the band recorded their third album \u003ci\u003eLet Me Come Over\u003c\/i\u003e with a varied group of songs they had been developing at home and on the road - mixing their live power trio sound with some more acoustic based guitar ballads. The album’s single \u003ci\u003eTaillights Fade\u003c\/i\u003e would become their signature song. 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of this album, and to celebrate, Beggars Arkive reissue it on vinyl and CD and package it with a live album. Recorded in London at ULU (University of London Union) in 1992, this marks the band’s first-ever live release. The double LP contains 10 live tracks, and the CD edition contains the entire show (17 songs). \u003cbr\u003eOn its first two albums, Buffalo Tom constructed towering guitar-scapes and mastered a naturalistic version of quiet-to-loud dynamics. So, for its third, we found Buffalo Tom shedding a bit, but not all of the skin it had worn and emerging with its charms more front and center. \u003ci\u003eLet Me Come Over i\u003c\/i\u003es the sound of the trio exiting the insular underground for the wide world of “alternative” rock - but more or less bringing its best moves along with it, too. Previously loosely linked with fellow travelers Dinosaur Jr. and Uncle Tupelo via a similar three-piece format, stunning depth of songwriting and association with Boston’s Fort Apache Studios - it’s not hard to imagine Buffalo Tom wanted to stake a claim stylistically. Yet, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Come Over\u003c\/i\u003e never feels like a break with the past, it’s a transition. Inside that abstruse cover are undeniably magnificent tunes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaples\u003c\/i\u003e is emblematic of a band in flux with a grungy lyrical conceit rendered with hi-fi guitar squalls. It’s the first single \u003ci\u003eTaillights Fade\u003c\/i\u003e, however, where the band appears to find a new comfort zone, at an unhurried speed where Janovitz’s storytelling and car crash metaphors stand the best chance of making an impression. It plays with quiet-to-loud dynamics, and as for emotional expression, it swings for the bleachers--and a place on alternative rock radio. \u003ci\u003eMineral\u003c\/i\u003e jangles in a similar vein and makes grand gestures. \u003ci\u003eDarl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLarry \u003c\/i\u003e(referencing the brothers from the Newhart show I always thought?) are solid but disparate cuts. Colbourn’s \u003ci\u003eDarl\u003c\/i\u003e feels a bit like an outlier with its thrashy feel - it sounds better louder. \u003ci\u003eLarry\u003c\/i\u003e has a sweetness to it that’s augmented by its busker’s strumming. Released as a second single, \u003ci\u003eVelvet Roof \u003c\/i\u003ehad given us a taste of what was newly possible, a hook-heavy stomper with a densely woven rhythm matched by tight lyric writing - each piece expertly crafted to go into the next, no frayed ends here - and a snazzy mix by Ron Saint Germain, a pro who would later bring out the best in Soundgarden. A wailing harmonica solo gives it all a swagger that’s kind of new for the band. \u003ci\u003eStymied\u003c\/i\u003e summons the emotional intensity of \u003ci\u003eBirdbrain\u003c\/i\u003e - it’s probably the album’s darkest moment. Somehow both life-affirming and wistful \u003ci\u003ePorchlight\u003c\/i\u003e contrasts with the way \u003ci\u003eSaving Grace\u003c\/i\u003e blazes through the barroom like a ‘Mats tribute. There’s no filler to be found here. \u003ci\u003eFrozen Lake\u003c\/i\u003e sees the band caressing acoustic guitars in comedown mode. \u003ci\u003eLet Me Come Over \u003c\/i\u003eis kind of a short story collection with equal parts thunder and intimacy, hills and valleys, last night’s mistakes and tomorrow’s contrition. Ultimately, it’s possibility, a sense of ‘hey, this just might work’ that makes it such a deep spin 25 years later. \u003ci\u003eLet Me Come Over \u003c\/i\u003etriumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2CD - Double CD with a live album - Recorded in London at ULU (University of London Union) in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double LP with a 10 track live album - Recorded in London at ULU (University of London Union) in 1992. 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