#Poundsign# were a Bay Area four piece, who at various times consisted of Alicia Vanden Heuvel (Magic Trick and The Aislers Set), Becky Barron (Dressy Bessy), Jaime Knight and band founders Ravi and Stephen Vesecky (Mahogany and most recently, the brilliant Strega).
They were truly wonderful for just over half a decade leading up to 2000. Seemingly able to move effortlessly between Galaxie 500 inflections and the perfect Sarah Record vibes of wistful bands like the Field Mice you never quite knew what you were going to get from their next release.
One thing that was almost guaranteed was that there releases were never too far away from the sweetest of indie-pop / C86 jangle-pop and the following 10 tracks are, in my humble opinion, the best of their jangliest !
Full YouTube Playlist here
Or individually below:
Track: Isolation
From: Wavelength (album) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 1998
Track: AYSO
From: Seven Summers International Pop Volume 2 (Various Artists Compilation) Label: Tweenet Communications Release date: 1998
Track: Sundried
From: Wavelength (album) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 1998
Track: Rooftops
From: B-side toMichigan Label: Belmondo Discs Release date: 1997
Track: Michigan
From: Michigan (single) Label: Belmondo Discs Release date: 1997
Track: I had a nightmare (and you were in it)
From: Underneath The Marquee (album) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 2000
Track: The Almondy Many
From: The Almondy Many (3 track single) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 1996
Track: Lou Gehrig
From: Wavelength (album) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 1998
Track: Disaster
From: Dizzy / Disaster (split single with Postal) Label: No Life Records Release date: 1994
Track: Coffee Flavoured Friend
From: Underneath The Marquee (album) Label: Fantastic Records Release date: 2000
Hope you enjoyed them! Truly one of my favourites.
