How did this record never get pressed on vinyl!? I mean…you guys know how much Lilys records go for these days, right? Eccsame The Photon Band and In The Presence of Nothing both have to be, what, $100 a piece now!? That’s insane! And The 3 Way is just a notch below those two on the awesomeness scale.
“Similar to the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Lilys have made a career out of impersonating a British band circa 1966. Throughout their seven-year recording life, they’ve moved from psychedelic to pop experimentalism and now, on 3-Way, the group seems to be lifting generously from mod groups like the Small Faces and the Action. The fuzz guitar and Farfisa organ of “Dimes Make Dollars” and the affected Anglo singing of “Accepting Applications at University,” for example, reek of the British invasion of the mid-’60s. Yet for all his posturing, the group’s leader, Kurt Heasley, keeps his influences at bay enough to fill the album with songs that build on the sounds of the ’60s rather than just aping them. “Leo Ryan (Our Pharaoh’s Slave),” for instance, with its biting string section and saxophone noodlings, is as sophisticated as the very best U.K. pop.” – AllMusic.com
Lilys
The 3 Way
(Sire, 1999)
MediaFire DL Link
01. Dimes Make Dollars [MP3]
02. Socs Hip
03. Accepting Applications At University
04. And One (On One)
05. Leo Ryan (Our Pharoah’s Slave)
06. Solar Is Here
07. The Spirits Merchant
08. The Lost Victory
09. The Generator
10. A Tab For The Holiday
