Rocketship
I drug a few early Rocketship singles out of the archive this last week, I had forgotten how much I loved this incarnation of Dustin Reske’s long running but reclusive pop project. The boy-girl vocals, humming Farfisa organs and vintage Association inspired bass tones bowled me over the first time I heard this first 7″ from the tiny Bus Stop label in the early 90′s. Later output, including the fantastic A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness LP on Slumberland, dipped into more shoegaze and Stereolab-inspired territory, but these early tracks have a vintage pop sound that many bands from this wave of indiepop tried to copy but could never do justice like Dustin could.
Rocketship – Hey Hey Girl
Rocketship – Naomi And Me
Rocketship – Your New Boyfriend