Tanya Donelly did not count on Google when she named her band Belly. Look up "belly band" sometime. Welcome to America, circa 2010.
Circa 1993, I had just graduated from high-school, grunge was on top, hipsters emulated hippies, and "Feed the Tree" was on MTV's "120 Minutes". MTV still played music on their station then, not just on the website. Feed the Tree was a decoy, and much more "rockin'" than anything else on the album, which is mostly dreamy, slightly ethereal-folksy drivel. Except for "Slow Dog", which is kinda poppy, but has a riff that seems so contrived and overused as it transitions into the chorus, I can't give it a pass. Were it not for Shandree, this CD
would have been gone long ago. But if the wife likes it, we keep it. I'm fine with that. It's kept me off the streets.
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