The Posies' first release, originally self-released on cassette in early 1988 but reissued by the noted Seattle indie Popllama later that year, was a duo record by Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer. As such, it's the most low-key of the group's original releases, with a rough, homemade charm that sounds all the more refreshing to those familiar with albums like the majestic, Hollies-like Dear 23 or the grungified Frosting on the Beater. The vaguely folky songs have echoes not only of Chris Bell's post-Big Star solo recordings, but the occasional hint of Jonathan Richman (especially on "Ironing Tuesdays") and even, dare it be said, Simon & Garfunkel. (From the beginning, Stringfellow and Auer had their choirboy harmonies down cold.)
Though Failure is probably still the least-known of all the Posies' albums, it contains at least two all-time Stringfellow-Auer classics, the impassioned "Believe in Something Other (Than Yourself)" and the wistful "Paint Me." Failure is a terrific album, made more so when one thinks of how thoroughly this set of winsome folk-rock and psych-tinged set of pop songs went against the grain of the late-'80s Seattle scene.
The Posies - Failure (15th Anniversary Edition)
genre: Pop Underground
Recording Date: Dec 1987-Feb 1988
Release Date: 2004
01 Blind Eyes Open
02 The Longest Line
03 Under Easy
04 Like Me Too
05 I May Hate You Sometimes
06 Ironing Tuesdays
07 Paint Me
08 Believe In Something Other (Than Yourself)
09 Compliment?
10 At Least For Now
11 Uncombined
12 What Little Remains
13 I May Hate You Sometimes (demo)
14 Paint Me (demo)
15 Like Me Too (demo)
16 Alison Hubbard (instrumental)
17 After Many A Summer Dies The Swan (instrumental)
18 Blind Eyes Open (instrumental demo)
19 I May Hate You Sometimes (alternate version)
20 Compliment? (alternate version)
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