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    Estis P@rc

    Sometimes Not

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Dahlhaus ProductionsHM Magazine #74November 1998
    dream popindie rockspace rock

    Whoa! Nice sultry female vocals. First impressions made me think of a cross between Fleming & John and Viva Voce. The guitars are subdued Starflyer-style much of the time. Very cool. Check out the band's song, "Sunny Day," on this issue's Hard Music Sampler CD.

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    Puddlegum 1998Reviewed by Jim MendenhallThis year at Cornerstone's new band stage, I had the chance to see one of the most exciting new bands, Estis P@rc. After hearing about five bands (on different stages) that all sounded the same, I was expecting Estis P@rc to be like everyone else and play a boring blend of cookie-cutter alternative and rock. But Estis P@rc did not let me down, they played one of the best shows of the whole…The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Steven S. BaldwinAxtell, Nebraska is not a place one would normally consider a hotbed of alternative rock and roll. Maybe a hotbed of boredom where you sit around swatting flies in the shadow of the grain silo. Certainly a most unlikely place for the emergence of one of the hottest new bands to play the Cornerstone 1998 New Band Stage. Estis P@rc's indie debut, Sometimes Not, proves that Nebraska is not just a…

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