Technical Jed

Bearing among the goofier brands in early-’90s indie circles, Richmond, VA’s the Technical Jed mixes the type of psych-tinged jangle pop connected with Southern guitar rings just like the Olivia Tremor Control/Natural Dairy Hotel wing from the Elephant 6 collective with a far more experimental sonic outlook more comparable to the post-rock experimentalists of that time period. The Techie Jed produced in Richmond in 1991; performing guitarists Clancy Fraher and Daniel Bartels, bassist Steve Brooking, and drummer David Bush had been bored university students at that time, which peculiarly collegiate make of smart-alecky leisure shades their music. Following a handful of singles on the neighborhood micro-indie Brilliant Information, including a divide EP with fellow Virginians Twitch Hazel, the Techie Jed agreed upon with New York’s estimable Spin Artwork label in 1993. Their self-titled debut record arrived in 1994, collecting the items of these early singles using a batch of brand-new tracks. The review articles almost invariably talked about Pavement, who have been on the zenith of the hipster-cred popularity at this time, but with melody game titles like “Dance from the Lollipop Faeries” and “Gina (Repair Yourself a glass or two)” along with a electric guitar sound with solid tips of both Tv and Sonic Youngsters, The Techie Jed is actually an archive that stands alone. 1996’s The Oswald Glass is really a much less poppy affair, with an increase of bristly agreements and a little more of a trim towards the mathematics rock and roll vibe of Polvo or the For Carnation, with a straight bigger dosage of Tom Verlaine-style liquid electric guitar lines on top of that. Unfortunately, the Complex Jed split soon after its launch. Fraher caused the greater abrasive Drunk following the Complex Jed split, producing many of their albums. Bush continued to become listed on Sparklehorse for two albums, and later on Blonde on Blonde.