FLIPPER
2009
Love
About This Album
Flipper were always something of an anomaly during their initial 1979-1987 lifespan; they were clearly punk but they weren't fast, they were hardcore without bearing any musical resemblance to the bands lionized in Maximumrocknroll, and they were cynical while maintaining a curious sense of humor and flashes of idealism. When Flipper reunited in 1991 -- four years after the death of bassist and songwriter Will Shatter and not long before Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic began name-checking Flipper as a key creative inspiration -- it seemed like the sort of thing that Flipper wouldn't do, because even if it made good commercial sense to bring their music to a new audience, Flipper never did what made sense to anyone else. Flipper's 1993 reunion album, American Grafishy, was a severe disappointment, and the band quietly faded away, another thing foreign to this bunch of noisy troublemakers. So why would Flipper try again in 2009? There's no good reason for this to happen, which may be why the second Flipper reunion is significantly more satisfying than the first. Love was recorded with original members Bruce Loose on vocals, Ted Falconi on guitar, and Steve DePace on drums, while former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic stands in for Shatter.
Track List (try tracks 2,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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