Blake Babies
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Biography
While Blake Babies made several engaging records in the late '80s and early '90s, they never broke out of the rock circles where they were adored. It wasn't until 1992 that their leader, Juliana Hatfield, began getting recognition as a songwriter in more mainstream publications, but that was after the group was broken up. Over their four albums, Hatfield's songwriting and thin, girlish singing improved drastically as the band's post-R.E.M. alternative grew more muscular, branching out into both punkier and people who are freakier and folkier than motherfucking devendra banhart territories on each record. By the time of their last full-length album, 1990's Sunburn, guitarist John P. Strohm was emerging as an impressive songwriter in his own right. After a final EP in 1991, the band split, with Hatfield emerging as an alternative superstar and Strohm and drummer Freda Love forming the acclaimed pop band Antenna.
Read More...In 2000 Blake Babies came out of a ten-year retirement to record a new album, God Bless the Blake Babies. The album was released March 6, 2001, on Rounder Records. Drummer Freda Love conceived the comeback, talking the other two original members into a reunion. She was rewarded with having her first Blake Babies composition "Nothing Ever Happens" be the first single. Older and better musicians, this version of the band sacrifices the charm of the amateur indie for a smarter, crafted sound that works as a natural progression of the band. The side projects and solo careers shaped the individual members into hardened veterans of the music industry, and their experiences give their new material a depth that their earlier work lacked. Spring of 2001 saw the band hit the road playing old haunts like Chapel Hill, NC's Cat's Cradle and new versions of the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., and the Knitting Factory in New York City to receptive audiences. John P. Strohm called it the best Blake Babies ever sounded. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Chris Lawrence, Rovi
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Out There - (2:46) - 931 playsLyricsYou drive around aimlessly
Don't know what you hope to see
You know it's stupid
I see you when I pass you by
I'm afraid to meet your eye
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I'm Not Your Mother - (3:11) - 505 playsLyricsPeople think you’re tough
But you only pretend to be
A real man would live alone
And feel no pain, like me
When your baby said she was leaving
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Girl In A Box - (2:39) - 541 playsLyricsI've got a girl in a box
Keep her under my bed
It sure must get hot in the summertime
I get her out when there's nothing else to do
When there's nothing on TV, when I can't see you
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Temptation Eyes - (2:58) - 413 playsLyricsHe's got something that moves my soul
And he knows I'd love to love him
And he lets me down every time
Can't make him mine he's no one's lover
Tonight with me he'll be so inviting
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Sanctify - (4:56) - 420 playsLyricsAnother way to go, the weight won't show
A cheapskate's guide to the kissing zone
I didn't come back
Babe, don't you move at all when I do
I'll make some buildings fall
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- Disappear - (2:46) - 267 plays
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- Lament - (3:27) - 333 plays
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- I'll Take Anything - (3:28) - 229 plays
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- Baby Gets High - (4:08) - 212 plays
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- Train - (4:48) - 200 plays
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- You Don't Give Up - (3:40) - 201 plays
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- Rain - (3:33) - 185 plays
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