Old Traditions, New Standards

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Old Traditions, New Standards
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Studio album by
Released1996
Recorded Avast Studios, Seattle, WA & Yoyo Studios, Olympia, WA
Genre Indie pop
Length36:37
Label
Producer Pat Maley
Tullycraft chronology
Old Traditions, New Standards
(1996)
City of Subarus
(1998)
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Old Traditions, New Standards is the debut album from the Washington-based indiepop band Tullycraft. In 2022, Old Traditions, New Standards was included on Pitchfork 's list of The 25 Best Indie Pop Albums of the '90s. [2]

Contents

The album was produced by Pat Maley. Tracks were recorded at Avast Studios in Seattle and mixed at Yoyo Studios in Olympia. The album was originally released on Harriet Records out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Robynn Iwata from the band cub provided guest vocals on the song "Josie," and Chris Munford from the band Incredible Force of Junior provided guest vocals on the song "Mental Obsession."

The album reached #22 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. The song "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About" was listed as essential listening in Pitchfork Media's 2005 article on Twee Pop entitled "Twee as Fuck." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Willie Goes to the Seashore"
  2. "Josie"
  3. "Mental Obsession"
  4. "Wish I'd Kept a Scrapbook"
  5. "Superboy & Supergirl"
  6. "Sweet"
  7. "Dollywood"
  8. "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About"
  9. "Then Again, Maybe I Don't"
  10. "Meet Me in Las Vegas"
  11. "Cammy & The Count"
  12. "Miracles Are Hard to Find"

Notes

Reissue

Television

Personnel

Controversy

In 2007 the song "Sweet" was used in a television commercial for the hot-dog chain Wienerschnitzel. The song was licensed without the band's knowledge or permission. The licensing was handled by Darla, the California-based record label that had reissued the album Old Traditions, New Standards. Needless to say, the band was upset when they learned of the commercial, and a dispute between Tullycraft and Darla ensued. [5]

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "The 25 Best Indie Pop Albums of the '90s". Pitchfork . October 27, 2022.
  3. "Twee as Fuck". Pitchfork. October 24, 2005. Retrieved October 9, 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Graham Coxon scored Netflix's twisted teen series 'The End of the F***ing World'". January 13, 2018.
  5. Archived January 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine