Minutemen Project: Mersh 4/7/14 Ever pushing forward

Ever pushing forward

Sitting amidst irresistible Brazilian classics on the soundtrack of Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football

Noon is the verse

13 American Copper 14 August 15 Some Dumb Runaway 16 From the Plane 17 Sun Blown 18 Elysian Fields Side D

Stunning ballads like “My Shepherd” and “Valkyrie In The Roller Disco” are among the most beautiful melodies Newman has ever written

Minutemen Project: Mersh 4/7/14 Ever pushing forwardThis 1985 E. P. was the band's penultimate release before the death of singer guitarist d. Boon put a premature end to this unique and influential trio. The term "mersh," meaning commercial, was a tongue in cheek reference to the band's decidedly uncommercial stance in terms of their sound, lyrics, and attitude. The first two cuts, "The Cheerleaders" and "King of the Hill" certainly rank among the Minutemen's finest work. In "Cheerleaders" Boon's laid