back in 1995, paul janovitz, brother to buffalo tom’s bill, and his band cold water flat released their self titled record – i dont think it was a debut, although maybe full-length debut. regardless, said release was pretty awesome, couple that with the fact that he was bill’s brother, i had to assume the apple didnt fall far. the record was filled with some much promise that i was more that overly excited about their future. it also didnt hurt that i was a huge fan of stuff coming out of tim o’heir’s fort apache studios, which this record was a product. i figured by 96 or 97, they would have put something new out, but twas not meant to be, and thus i am still waiting. paul did go on to form drag strip courage, who i have never heard, sadly.
you can pick up cold water flat’s record on amazon
for like a penny or something ridiculous like that. here’s the song that ruled much of my 1995.
Saw these guys open for Juliana Hatfield at University of Maine in 93 or 94…and they were great
Great album Greg! I worked as a college rep for MCA Records in the early 90′s and this was one only good records I got to promote. It was the first album released by Ft. Apache Records which was being distributed by MCA.
MCA (of course) didn’t know what to do with it (the album literally sold 1000 records nationally) and the band and label subsequently parted ways with MCA. I saw them open for JH as well in Atlanta around the same time! Great show.
The lack of promotion of this album was simply a crime. Great music and a great follow up to Listen, which as their first album.
The best song on this album is Numb. It still moves me this many years later. One of the best live bands I was fortunate to see several times.