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Smalltown Supersound has done fans of the band and of the modern shoegaze sound a huge favor by putting them together and putting them out, extras or no.
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For fans of the thorny Norwegians, this release provides a welcome reminder of the group’s presence, and a valuable insight into their fragmentary beginnings.
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Despite some of the growing pains here, Backwards strongly hints at the sadistic beauticians S-M would be introduced to us as in their debut, and bravely reveals the types of psych/shoegaze pitfalls they'd later learn to avoid.