VHS and the Babies - Beyond Imagination / You've Got 2 Crawl Before You Can Rock

Name: VHS and the Babies
Album: Beyond Imagination / You've Got 2 Crawl Before You Can Rock
Year: 2004
Style: Indie Pop, Dreampop
Similar Bands: Tullycraft, Camera Obscura, Essex Green, Track Star, Besties, Beulah, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Not Fur Longs, Joanna Gruesome, Talulah Gosh
"One-Word" Review: Uplifting Bouncy Naïve Pop
Based Out Of: Charlottesville, VA
Label: Rescue, Retrieval & Rawk-Us Pop (RR&RP)

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Beyond Imagination / You've Got 2 Crawl Before You Can Rock (2004)

1. Quick, Quick Like a Bunny 1:57
2. Tony Danza v. the Unspeakable Vice of the Greeks 1:42
3. Roll On, Rolly Wheel 1:44
4. Harvard Man 1:20
5. Government 4 $ale Inc. 1:48
6. Matthew Arnold Visits South of the Border 1:43
7. New Wave 2:02
8. Scully's Baby 2:14
9. Use Your Illusion 1:38
10. Who Let the Pogs Out & Put Them Back In & Neutered Them 1:09
11. Booty-Call 2:58
12. Not Your Pinky 0:40
13. Hiding 1:51
14. Welcome to the Sweet Valley School of Hard Knocks 2:37
15. Old/New 3:06
16. Don't Tell Your Papa 1:42
17. West Coast 1:34
18. Baby Je$us's Microphone 2:45

Album Rating (1-10): 9.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Andy Miller - Keys, Vox (Gulf Coast Army)
• Mike Powell - Drums (Gulf Coast Army, Richard Your Postman)
• Sam Turner - Vox, Guitar (Hilarious Posters)
• Wendy Korwin - Vox, Bass 

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band, but it do love the randomness of the song titles, the cutesy DIY album artwork with the googly eye monster, and the short song lengths that suggest fun quirky indie pop. My only concern is that it is too cutesy or silly in an embarrassing way. 

Album Review: Twee, indie synth and bouncy pop form the backbones to this record. It is just fun, catchy and precious enough to tap into the positive enjoyment section of your brain. While most of the songs are less than 2 minutes, they feel like fleshed out songs rather then sketches. This is kinda right up my alley.

This appears to be their only release, and although most of the members were in other bands around the Charlottesville area, there is not much out there about this early aughts band, who survived for about two years 2003 - 2004

Stand Out Track: Tony Danza v. the Unspeakable Vice of the Greeks, Quick, Quick Like a Bunny, Matthew Arnold Visits South of the Border, Hiding, Harvard Man

Links:

Discogs

2003 show review

Bandcamp

Youtube playlist