New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The self-titled debut disc from L.A.-based, high-energy pop quartet the Muffs hit the scene in 1993, and was an instant smash. Any fear that they couldn�t follow it up successfully was answered when Blonder and Blonder arrived two years later.
Now a three-piece, the Muffs again teamed up with producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Paramore, Fleetwood Mac) and delivered 14 even better Kim Shattuck-penned powerhouses, including the hit single �Sad Tomorrow.� Bassist Ronnie Barnett and new drummer Roy McDonald propelled Shattuck�s material to even greater heights, and Blonder became the band�s biggest selling album.
Omnivore Recordings is proud to present this �90s milestone on CD with seven bonus tracks (two U.K. B-sides and five previously unissued Shattuck demos), and on LP for the first time in more than two decades (first pressing on baby-blue vinyl, with black to follow).
Like 2015�s reissue of The Muffs, the full-color packaging includes photos, drawings and memorabilia, plus essays from Barnett and McDonald, as well as track-by-track commentary from Shattuck.
Shattuck says, �Blonder and Blonder was a hoot to make and a blast to listen to. It�s got a crazy energy and I scream my fool head off. I hope you turn up the volume so loud you annoy your neighbors.�
Adds Barnett: �Blonder and Blonder will always be seen as [the Muffs�] watershed moment, the kind of thing that happens once in a band's lifetime if they're lucky. It was the place where our band�s lineup, sound and songwriting all hit its stride. It still makes up the bulk of our live show, and always will. It�s our most celebrated, best-selling work and will always define us. I don�t mind � I love it too!�
And per Barnett�s liner notes: �To answer the obvious question: May 1994 in Seattle, after one of our last appearances as a four-piece, a newly widowed
Courtney Love out at a live show for the first time following that horrible incident, scoffing at Kim�s newly bleached hair, walked by and muttered, �Blonder and blonder.��
Twenty-one years later, Blonder and Blonder still sounds as vital and visceral as it did upon its original release. Face it, you�re dye-ing to have this record in your collection.
CD Track List:
1. Agony
2. Oh Nina
3. On And On
4. Sad Tomorrow
5. What You�ve Done
6. Red Eyed Troll
7. End It All
8. Laying On A Bed Of Roses
9. I Need A Face
10. Won�t Come Out To Play
11. Funny Face
12. Ethyl My Love
13. I�m Confused
14. Just A Game
Bonus Tracks:
15. Goodnight Now
16. Become Undone
Pre-Blonde Bonus Tracks:
17. Born Today (Demo)*
18. Look At Me (Demo)*
19. Pennywhore (Demo)*
20. Red Eyed Troll (Demo)*
21. Won�t Come Out To Play (Demo)*
* Previously unissued
LP Track List:
Side 1
1. Agony
2. Oh Nina
3. On And On
4. Sad Tomorrow
5. What You�ve Done
6. Red Eyed Troll
7. End It All
Side 2
8. Laying On A Bed Of Roses
9. I Need A Face
10. Won�t Come Out To Play
11. Funny Face
12. Ethyl My Love
13. I�m Confused
14. Just A Game
