Pieholden Studio, where Vandervelde worked and where he recorded his debut, was owned at the time by musician Jay Bennett. He co-produced Brie Stoner's debut album with Vandervelde, and Vandervelde would play on a couple of Jay Bennett's records. Although Vandervelde played almost all of the instruments on Moonstation, Bennett threw in his talents on bass to return the favor. Although Jay Bennett is most famous for his work as a member of Wilco during his creative zenith, he was first a member of an early 90s alternative rock band called Titanic Love Affair.
Titanic formed in the late eighties in Urbana, Illinois with the unfortunate fate of making a derivative power pop quartet when power pop was labeled "alternative", or more simply, unpopular. Mike Hartz acted as frontman on vocals and rhythm guitar. Jay Bennett provided back-up vocals and his skill as the lead guitarist. Lars Gustafsson and Mike Hazelrigg rounded out the group on the bass and drums respectively. They released their debut album Titanic Love Affair in 1991 on the Charisma Records label to little success and middling reviews. Their work was confronted as a lesser sounding version of The Replacements. With the album's lack of success, Charisma dropped them from their label to which the band replied with a new EP flippantly titled No Charisma. Although their is not much growth in the band's sound, the EP is marked with a little bit more attitude and a small dose of influence from the soon-to-breakout grunge scene.
Here is the discography surrounding Titanic Love Affair's debut album:
Titanic Love Affair
No Charisma (1992 EP)
"Planet Strange" by Titanic Love Affair
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