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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
The Gandharvas - Kicking in the Water (1995)
If my memory serves me correctly, they did actually have a music video for the song "Masochistic Minstrel" and it was filmed using claymation (like with Tool's "Sober"). The Gandharvas were another sad example of Canadian music failing to make it in the US market, and thus damning them to cult status in the US, but were relatively well known in Canada, much like The Tragically Hip. Good alternative rock, but they did kind of go out on a sour note with their 1997 album Sold For a Smile. Kicking in the Water is really the only album by them you need.
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You're the only other person I've ever seen mention this band. I think they're fantastic, reminiscent of Jane's Addiction to me but still completely unique. Though I wouldn't call the last album a sour note, it's not as good as Kicking in the Water but it's not horrible. They also apparently released a live disc back in the day but I was never able to find a copy, though I did hear a live version of 'The First Day of Spring' once so it 'does' exist.
Good call on Esthero as well. The main reason for the divide in quality and direction of her output is the split with the producer from her first disc (some dude going by the name Doc). There were a few tracks on her latest that weren't horrible (or maybe just b-sides to her recent singles). I remember seeing them at a festival in '98 when their first single was peaking, they were really good (like a 7-8 piece band), and she's really tiny.