I Like You When You're Not Around (1999)

About this title: Brooklyn's Mendoza Line's 1999 disc was released on Kindercore Records soon before the band headed for New York, having originated in the musical hotbed of Athens, GA. The album starts off calmly, with the organ and twang guitar-laden "The Big Letdown." From the get-go, Timothy Bracy's reserved and reflective voice takes center stage. The band is at its best when it recklessly performs its carefree style of pop/rock. Peter Hoffman and others create a rollicking foundation throughout the album, a collection that seamlessly flows through its ups and downs. Songs like "Pushing Buttons," "You ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Big Letdown
2. In the Evening, at the Bar, With Elmer Bischoff
3. Social Thursday
4. Compulsively Yours
5. Pushing Buttons
6. The Living Theater
7. (We'll Never Make) The Final Reel
8. You Twitch When You Dream
9. As You Appear
10. The Kissing Rocks
11. Boxing Day
12. If I Am Not What You Are Used To
13. An Enterprising Molecule
14. Ink Polaroids
15. That I Can Admire
16. Berkeley No. 57

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.