Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:31:15 -0600 From: Jason Morehead Subject: new goodies the new amp album, "stenorette," was a surprise. the only other thing i'd heard by them is "perception," which is two hours of drones, chants, rainstorms, and moog noodlings. "stenorette" is totally different, which actual songs! somewhat reminiscent of locust. From: Chris Palacios Subject: Re: Newish AMP stuf etc. Date: Wed, 20 Jan 99 10:14:13 -0800 Oh boy do I like this one. The new Amp really is fantastic. I listened to it this weekend while I was roaming the San Francisco streets in the pissing rain. I thought Stenorette was on the lighter side also, but then on closer listen it's quite dark... and somber. The last track is tops, with piano and echo-y sort of noises. This is almost an entirely different band than previous Amp excursions. None of the low-fi density of Sirenes. Much more on the blissy side.