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    Various Artists

    Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Demo!

    (1995)

    Reviewed by George Sterling

    Discogs
    Label R.E.X. Music7ball #4January 1996
    alternative rockgarage rockpsychedelic rockpunk

    We Are Demo is an above-average collection of unsigned artists. Whereas most collections just prove many unsigned artists are unsigned for a reason, We Are Demo is a surprisingly listenable hodge podge of alternative rock styles: there's the sludgy garage rock of Rocket Boy, the schizoid "music/not music" bent of Four Living Creatures (it does grow on you), the psychedelic keyboard buzz of Mood Ring and the sweet, Tori Amos-wannabe (but pleasant enough) Agatha Parker Sterling. Not bad.

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