Sometimes, What's The Difference? Redux

by Track Star

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Viridis Vir One of my all-time life-changing shows was Track Star at an early Noise Pop lineup (in a long gone Valencia Street venue.) Track Star is one of the best SF bands ever bar none.

I had the green-covered original vinyl and must’ve foolishly loaned it out… spent decades literally *pining* to hear this album again. When this showed up on BC there was extended teary-eyed, joyful listen after purchase.

brantly I grew up in the Bay Area and saw TS many times grace the stage. As they progressed they got more pop-ish, but this early stuff was cathartic, walls of loud / quiet dynamic, tongue-in-cheek self-deprecating lyrics, lo-fi pop squalls of beautifully pummeling guitar driven classic mid-90's indie. It wasn't emo, nor was it Pavement, but somewhere in-between all that with a brash sense of I-don't-give-a-fuck-but-I-secretly-do. Excellent repress. This is sick. Buy or die kiddies.

Cora Berube The debut mini-album turned into a smorgasbord of amazing lo-fi indie rock, with the bands stellar songwriting and lyricism at the forefront. Favorite track: The Overextension Of An Idiot.

101mas101 Track Star is still to this day one of my favorite bands of all time. This gem collects many EP's and singles I've hunted down from all over and adds in ones on my Discogs list that I haven't been able to get my hands on yet. It's a true homage of love. Thank you Silver Girl Records for making this a reality.

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28 songs across 4-sides... the original 10" is now a 12" (sides A/B) and on white vinyl! The remaining 19 songs are chronologically ordered across sides C/D and come in several colors of vinyl mimicking the original 10" sleeve colors (Burgundy, Dark Blue, Black and Forest Green)

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1.	Bad Time 02:04	info	buy track
2.	The View From Space 02:06	info	buy track
3.	The Worst Of It 01:17	info	buy track
4.	Burn Down The Bed 02:08	info	buy track
5.	Narrow Escape 01:40	info	buy track
6.	Number One 01:46	info	buy track
7.	From Where You Are 02:55	info	buy track
8.	True Crime 01:35	info	buy track
9.	Sucked Down 01:08	info	buy track
10.	No Big Deal 01:51	info	buy track
11.	Push It 02:42	info	buy track
12.	The View From Space (1994) 01:56	info	buy track
13.	Racing Fan 02:03	info	buy track
14.	My Only One 01:09	info	buy track
15.	The Overextension Of An Idiot 02:11	info	buy track
16.	Stars 01:29	info	buy track
17.	The Big Fuck You (1995) 01:17	info	buy track
18.	Southern California Vacation 01:58	info	buy track
19.	Payback (1995) 00:57	info	buy track
20.	We Know 02:19	info	buy track
21.	Silver Suit 01:34	info	buy track
22.	Cashed Out 00:53	info	buy track
23.	August 01:15	info	buy track
24.	Removable Parts 04:53	info	buy track
25.	The View From Space (1998) 03:05	info	buy track
26.	Make With The Traps 03:21	info	buy track
27.	The Chord 02:13	info	buy track
28.	Green To Gold (2003) 02:24	info	buy track

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Collected over several years, the recordings that comprise 'Sometimes, What's the Difference? Redux" were culled from cassette masters of mostly 4-track recordings between 1994-2003. Remastered in 2021, we hope the songs, as presented here, are the best they have sounded (in years).

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released October 1, 2021

Wyatt Cusack - guitar/vocals
Matthew Troy - guitar/vocals
Todd Sullivan - drums tracks 1-25
Brian Girgus - drums tracks 26-27
Art – Darren Kline
Design – Mark Robinson

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Track Star San Francisco, California

Following their self-released 7” in 1994, San Francisco’s Track Star began performing as a trio. Over several years the band released recordings on cassette, vinyl and compact disc while touring extensively.

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