| Don't Tell Me Now | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 16, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Dub Narcotic | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | K Records | |||
| Producer | Phil Ek [1] | |||
| The Halo Benders chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Spin | 6/10 [3] |
Don't Tell Me Now (1996) is the second studio album by the American indie rock group The Halo Benders. [4] [5]
The album was released on K Records in 1996. It was recorded at Dub Narcotic, in Olympia, Washington. The catalog number is KLP 46.
Trouser Press called the album "wonderful," praising the greatness of the band's "why-not imagination." [6] CMJ New Music Monthly called it "spirited throughout" and "a generally worthy follow-up." [7]
All tracks by The Halo Benders
The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, God Don't Make No Junk, in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with Don't Tell Me Now and in 1998 with The Rebels Not In.
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Beheaded is the second studio album by Texas-based indie rock band Bedhead, released 1996 through Trance Syndicate. The album was released in the United Kingdom through Rough Trade, and was reissued on compact disc format through Touch & Go Records on February 20, 2001, along with the band's other two albums WhatFunLifeWas and Transaction de Novo. The album was included in the Numero Group's 2014 boxset 1992–1998 and was also released separately on LP format.
Electric Juices is the second album by the American alternative rock band Fuzzy, released in 1996.
