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The Three EPs (CD)

By: The Beta Band (Artist)

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The Beta Band Artist Snapshot:

Hailing from Scotland, the Beta Band appeared in the late 1990s with an eclectic sound mixing modern rock, electronics, and a pronounced '60s/psychedelia influence. Their early EPs created quite a buzz, and were eventually compiled on one disc in '98, preceding the '99 release of the band's first full-length album, which brought them even greater acclaim. Though they seemed to falter with the release of follow-up album HOT SHOTS II, they returned to form in 2004 with the consistently strong HEROES TO ZEROES, confirming their status as one of the preeminent UK bands of their era.

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DISC 1 for The Three EPs (CD) Album By The Beta Band (Artist)
1   Dry The Rain
2   I Know
3   B + A
4   Dogs Got A Bone
5   Inner Meet Me
6   House Song, The
7   Monolith
8   She's The One
9   Push It Out
10   It's Over
11   Dr. Baker
12   Needles In My Eyes
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (2/4/99, p.63) - "...The Beta Band is making some of the most invigorating new music in Britain....there is something cleansing--a purity of spirit and a tripped-out glee--about the lava-flow tempo and insidiously catchy clutter of THE THREE EPS..."
Entertainment Weekly (1/22-1/29/99, pp.100-101) - "...Using a thrift-shop's worth of sounds, from guitars and clip-hop beats to assorted blips and bird noises, the Betas are a roots band that know the value of a groove. THE THREE EPS is like an amble down a twisted country lane..." - Rating: A-
Q (12/99, p.100) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
Q (6/00, p.64) - Ranked #74 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...They share a passion for the great British outdoors and a musical outlook that defends its right to ramble. Thus the 'vibe' of dub and the looseness of indie dance..."
CMJ (2/15/99, p.24) - "...augments its surreal brew with turntable mind tricks, Gregorian chants, out-of-phase ambient folk, and homespun sound effects.. The Beta Band makes art out of mind explosions..."

Title Note

As the title suggests, this disc collects the first three UK releases by Scotland's Beta Band. Singer/guitarist Stephen Mason, bassist Richard Greentree, drummer Robin Jones, and DJ/tape manipulator John McLean demonstrate astonishingly febrile imaginations over the course of these 12 songs. They pick up and discard ideas with wicked glee and a contagious try-anything-once attitude.

Imagine Frank Zappa, Beck, and Robert Wyatt leading the Bonzo Dog Band! Another strong influence appears to be turn-of-the-'70s Pink Floyd, given the band's fondness for near-inaudible tape loops and Mason's astonishingly Roger Waters-like voice. Like such contemporaries as Gomez and Arnold, The Beta Band can leap from the Delta-blues influence of "Dry The Rain" or the mantra-like "She's The One" to the funky dub groove of "Monolith" and make the broad stylistic jumps look easy.

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