Commander Venus - The Uneventful VacationAvailable in the shop on Record Store Day Not long before recording his first songs for Bright Eyes, 14 year old singer songwriter Conor Oberst co founded Commander Venus alongside bassist (and future Cursive frontman) Tim Kasher, guitarist Robb Nansel (now president of Saddle Creek Records), and drummer Matt Bowen (who would soon join the Faint and be replaced by Ben Armstrong). After releasing their 1995 debut, Do You Feel at Home?, the Omaha indie

In conjunction with its release

the yelling begins to fade into a din after a while

The catchy and jangly pop hooks performed by the famed Los Angeles session musicians

Cordell ‘Boogie’ Mossom (bass)

the album has been remixed

but a fully-fledged pro-studio recording executed by multi-instrumentalist and full-time session man in mid-to-late ‘70s Kansas City

citing a broad range of influences which manifest in a record he describes as “a celebration of british dance music culture

it became a major influence on the leading alternative bands of the following decade

Never before on vinyl

this was the accidental sound track for the endless housing estates sailing away from Manchester City centre and into Salford-perfectly captured by this gang of misfits

their first album since 2004 and sixth overall full length

and originally released in November 2000