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I have recently been going back to the music I listened to in the late 90s. One way I would find new bands is by looking at thank-you notes in other albums I had or borrowed from friends, or I would just find a record label that I loved. In this case, it was Asian Man records. Around this time Asian Man records was putting out some amazing artists like The Broadways, Slapstick, and Link 80 to name a few. I found this band through my love and obsession with the band Alkaline Trio. When I get obsessive over a band, I frantically research and find everything out about the members and, importantly what projects they previously played in. Tuesday became my second obsession due to my love for Dan Andriano’s vocal and bass playing style in Alkaline Trio.
The band Tuesday did not come out with many records at all. Looking back as I write this, it was only a demo, an EP called Early Summer and a full length called Freewheelin’. But to me Freewheelin’ was my entry point into the early 90s/late 00s emo and punk scene. Dan’s voice on this album was raw and gritty and like nothing I had ever heard from an emo band coming out of the scene I was in at the time. If I ever get asked what a good example of putting emotion behind the vocals sounds like, I will always reference this album. Lyrically, this album touches on your typical topics of sadness, losing love, and other typical emo song subjects.
So when the record and EP both came in the store from a recent collection buy, I knew that my high school self would kick me if I did not buy them. If you like Alkaline Trio and did not know about Tuesday, please go check them out. As always, check out the used section on the website, you never know what may pop up. I am still going through and listing that huge CD collection we bought a month or so ago. As always, thank you to everyone who reads these for all of your support!