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Aug 21, 2014

Gomez - Bring It On (1998)

"Free to Run" by Gomez


Snow Patrol had trouble getting off the ground commercially, and they nearly missed their first best chance at an early boom in sales and promotion when Philips Electronics didn't chose them for their $100 million ad campaign for their new line of HD televisions.  They were passed over in favor of English roots-rockers Gomez who released their debut album Bring It On in 1998 and won the Mercury Music Prize for their trouble.

Here is the discography surrounding Gomez's debut album:

78 Stone Wobble (1998 single)
Bring It On
Get Myself Arrested (1998 single)
1998 BBC Sessions (1998 compilation album)
Whippin' Piccadilly (1998 single)

"Whippin' Piccadilly" by Gomez


"Get Miles" by Gomez


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Aug 15, 2014

Snow Patrol - Songs for Polarbears (1998)

"NYC" by Snow Patrol


Stow College is recognized for its successful student-run record label Electric Honey.  The label is a by-product of the college's music business program with a particular course geared towards the recording and release of a single by a local band the class would scout itself.  The label established its reputation with the discoveries of a handful of will-to-be breakout bands.  Belle and Sebastian were one of these discoveries and such a revelation at the time that the label broke its own model to release Belle and Sebastian's debut album rather than just a single.

Another one of Stow College's discoveries was Polarbear (previously known as Shrug), whose Electric Honey single included the participation of various Belle and Sebastian members.  Their success was not as immediate and the band had to find a bigger label for their debut album.  They eventually found a home on Jeepster Records but had to change their name in the process in order to avoid litigation with a stateside band of the same name.  Snow Patrol referenced the loss in the title of their 1998 debut album Songs for Polarbears.

Here is the discography surrounding Snow Patrol's debut album:

Starfighter Pilot (1997 EP as Polarbear)
Little Hide (1998 single)
One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed (1998 single)
Songs for Polarbears
Velocity Girl (1998 single)
Starfighter Pilot (1999 single)

"Velocity Girl" by Snow Patrol


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Aug 10, 2014

Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)

"The State I Am In" by Belle and Sebastian


The band Urusei Yatsura formed while members Fergus Lawrie and Graham Kemp attended the University of Glasgow.  Members of the Glaswegian twee-pop band Belle and Sebastian also attended.  Like Urusei Yatsura, Belle and Sebastian also debuted their first album, Tigermilk, in 1996.

Here is the discography surrounding Belle and Sebastian's debut album:

Can You See? (by The Moondials)
Tigermilk

"Expectations" by Belle and Sebastian


"I Don't Love Anyone" by Belle and Sebastian


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