Papas Fritas

Spin (1/96, p.64) - Included on Spin's list of the `10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '95' - "American new wave was always a music of middle-class privilege, more the soundtrack to an '80s prom than to a riot....Like their fore-nerds, Papas Fritas write twichy pop tunes unencumbered by any classmate's definition of cool..." Q (3/96, p.101) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Papas Fritas are a real shock. Imagine an indie-rock band who filch ideas from The Cars and Fleetwood Mac..." Alternative Press (12/95, p.75) - "...The record is a vast chalkboard, its images and phrasings scribbling out from murky backgrounds to noise, trance, punk and, above all, their unique, merry pop..." Melody Maker (1/27/96, p.33) - "...PAPAS FRITAS is pleasant bubblegum, the kind of record that means little out of context but that sounds strangely pertinent in such a transitional period for pop..." NME (Magazine) (1/27/96, p.42) - 6 (out of 10) - "...Not only have they a consummate skill with a nagging three-minute pop tune, but they have studied The Violent Femmes and late-'70s skinny-tie quirkpop sufficiently to infuse them with idiosyncracies and wit..."