Cricket – Cricket (Foundations, Volume 4)

Cricket
Cricket (Foundations, Volume 4)
1994 (no label)

Cliffy – Vocals, lead/rhythm guitar
Mike Holt – Rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
Mike Kepka – Bass
Mike Pierce – Drums

Luke Kenenske – Drums on “Another Love Song” and “More #2”

1. Here & There (Girlie Song #5000)
2. At All
3. I Never Wanna Lose You
4. Home
5. Jet Plane
6. Stop Cryin’
7. Blood (Homer)
8. When I Say Goodbye
9. Deep End
10. One Two
11. Ever Wanted
12. More
13. Idiot
14. Minds
15. Another Love Song
16. More #2

So this is apparently Cricket’s first time recording as a full band. You also start hearing some more of the punk rock influence that they would embrace fully when they transformed in The Huntingtons. But at this time, I would say its still (mostly?) alternative rock. They also cover “Jet Plane” by the Lifesavors, but re-recorded it for their next tape Joe Christmas Playin’ on the Stereo. If you can imagine a mix of the punk-like alt rock of the first Plankeye album mixed with The Huntingtons, that is kind of the sound they had here. Many of these songs are re-recorded songs from earlier demos like Beans, or are re-recorded later, that it is quicker to just list what is only on this tape (“Ever Want,” “More,” and “Idiot”).