#hms fable

Shack - Comedy (H.M.S. Fable, 1999)

Bit of a neglected Shack album. Then again, what else would you expect from a neglected band? Released in '99, randomly let loose somehwere in a post britpop landscape full of Thom Yorkes and Tamagtochii, yeah... it was never gonna be a winner.

Of course, in their own discography it's a bit of an odd 'un. At this time there was Zilch - a charming but fledgling departure from the Paleys, and Waterpistol, which by all means is the classic pop album - obvliously wandering around chasing its own splendour, kung fu kicking Blur and Oasis to a bloody pulp in the process (as well as the band Pulp).