Consumer Guide Album

Camper Van Beethoven: Vampire Can Mating Oven [Pitch-a-Tent EP, 1987]
At first I thought they'd tossed off some makeshift DIY to convince major money they were still prolific, but the deadpan positivity of these six cuts is no throwaway (I hope). Thwarted love, meaningless love, ice cream, never go back, instrumental breakdown, all distinguished by the calm acceptance of fate that marks their brilliant cover of "Photograph" as unmistakably as it marks Ringo Starr's brilliant original. A-