AUGUST 11, 1984

This is listed as a Farmers LP, but it's actually a survey of Daved Hild's earliest?work after the dissolution of Boston's best-ever band, The Girls. Chronologically,?the earliest recording here is 'The Fear,' recorded at Sorcerer Sound in NYC for a?proposed Lust/Unlust EP called A Dog's Prayer. Daved is joined by another ex-?Girl, Robin Amos, and ex-Mission of Burma multi-tasker Roger Miller. After?that come the Farmers tracks, recorded in Cambridge. Daved had been doing solo?work in NYC, dressed as a Mennonite farmer, but when he was up north the?Farmers were a duo with Roger, who'd add trumpet, keys, and whatnot to the mix.?Finally, there are a couple of demo tracks recorded in Boston with Roger, David?Minehan (of The Neighborhoods), and Dan Salzmann (ex-Maps, then in?Christmas). Daved, of course, played in a vast array of different units and?configurations after The Girls, but this album is a solid survey of his early output.?His approach to songwriting (perhaps best known for 'Jeffrey I Hear You,' from?The Girls' Hearthan single) is amazing and cuts into personal flesh no matter?whether he knows anything about yr history or not. Singing like a pro wrestler?trying to get all sensitive, he manages to convey huge vistas of hurt and?strangeness without coming off like either a fop or a thug. It is a sheer pleasure to?present this album of Daved's purist inventions --Byron Coley, 2015. Edition of?350.?TRACKLISTING?A1. It's in My Diary?A2. Vegetable Do?A3. Houdini?A4. Now's Just Not the Time?A5. Forever?B1. Happy Baby?B2. Fudge Swirl?B3. House of Pancakes?B4. Distress in the Dixie Girls?B5. The Fear