Mood Paint, Self-Titled cassette - Can you believe these guys became Pond?

Another demo bought in Portland as the 80's came to an end. Well written and produced pop songs. The entire tape is pretty great but for me the standouts are Get What You Want and 25 Years Ago. The band eventually changed drummers, changed their music, and changed their name to Pond; these moves got them signed to Sub-Pop but it also led them far far away from the sound of this tape. I owned the first Pond cd back in the day and can't recall a single song off of it. I remember every song on this tape from pretty much the first chord. Also, becoming Pond made one of the guys in the band think it would be a good idea to wear a hat that looked like Jughead from the Archie comics. I heard that they were embarrassed about this tape after they became Pond. I wonder if today they listen to this, then Pond and think "oops!"

1) Get What You Want

2) Cracks & Swirls

3) 25 Years Ago

4) Florida

5) Everything

6) The Dull Earth

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