The Trash Can Sinatras – I've Seen Everything (1993) CD-Rip

For their second album I've Seen Everything, West Scotland's The Trash Can Sinatras pull the blankies up snugly around you before tearing them away to reveal some rather stark-naked underlying truths. "Easy Read" and "Hayfever" start things off all warm and fuzzy, huge melodies set equally to sawing strings and chiming guitars. "Bloodrush" breaks the bed-sit mood with a swirl of frenetic string-bending that would get the most dour, pimply-faced, black-clad youth tapping his toes. But as the 14-track lineup progresses, whimsy gradually gives way to a darker cynicism and sarcasm that pays due tribute to predecessors The Velvet Underground. Tracks like "Killing The Cabinet" and "One At A Time" cut to the bone instrumentally and lyrically, leaving one to scramble quickly back to the closing security blanket of "Earlies."