The Sneetches "Sometimes That's All We Have" 1989

The Sneetches' official debut album -- 1988's Lights out with the Sneetches had been a set of two-person demos recorded by singer/songwriters Matt Carges and Mike Levy -- 1989's Sometimes That's All We Have, is a glorious blend of post-punk attitude (new drummer Daniel Swan had been a founding member of the second-string U.K. punks the Cortinas, best known for their classic 1978 single "Defiant Pose") and '60s-inspired pop songcraft…...Carges and Levy's overdubbed harmonies blend beautifully (especially on the absolutely transcendent title track, which builds to a climax as intricate and gorgeous as anything on Pet Sounds), their occasionally odd lyrics (can't beat a really pretty ballad with a title and chorus like "Another Shitty Day") amuse and perplex, and the folk-rock base of their jangle poppy tunes puts them on a lead to become, at long last, the Bay Area's successors to the Autumn Records glory days of the Beau Brummels, the Mojo Men, and the Tikis. This is a masterful album highly recommended to all fans of the style. Sometimes That's All We Have was reissued in the U.K. on Creation Records in 1990 in a slightly different package but with the same songs. - AllMusic Review by Stewart Masontrax:

01 Unusual Sounds 02 Don't Turn Back 03 In A Perfect Place 04 Empty Sea 05 Sometimes That's All We Have 06 Run In The Sun 07 Mrs. Markle 08 Nowhere At All 09 Take My Hand 10 Another Shitty Day 11 You're Gonna Need Her 12 It's Looking Like Me