Now Available from Spat! Records -- Post Script, a 17-song, full length CD/downloadable album. Featuring 8 studio and 9 live tracks, all restored from the original masters, Post Script is the definitive Practical Stylists collection!
Download from: iTunes, Rhapsody , Napster , eMusic , mTraks or Amazon .
July 26th -- Enhanced version of the Post Script CD released, with extended liner notes and 3 bonus live tracks not included on the downloadable version. --- Order your copy here!
On Stage: June 1982 through September 1984: fall and winter of 1989/1990.
Appeared With: Guadalcanal Diary, Factual, Jason & the Scorchers, The Bangles, The Bongos, Swimming Pool Q's, Love Tractor, The Replacements, In Pursuit, The Questionnaires, Afrikan Dreamland, Raging Fire, Actuel, Civic Duty, Tim Krekel & the Sluggers, The White Animals, many others.
Discography: "Swing Your Arms Around" / "Ralph" cassette single, February 1983; "General Beat" / "My Bed" 7" 45rpm, September, 1983; "She's Got Lots", WRVU "Local Heroes" compilation, November, 1983; "Return to Elliston Square, 1979 - 1989" compilation, February, 2008; "Post Script" full length album, Summer, 2008.
About the New Album:
Back in the day, Practical Stylists seemed like a sure bet to grab, at the minimum, a mid-indie label deal and thus get their fair share of nationwide fame. A second wave power-pop band, they fit right in with other like-minded '80s arbiters of cool like the dBs, Matthew Sweet and homeboy Bill Lloyd. For one reason or another, the band never took that big next step ... it certainly wasn't for lack of talent, however, or good songs, 'cause Practical Stylists had both in spades, as well as a decent stage presence. They have remained one of Nashville's closely held, dirty little musical secrets for over two decades now.
Thanks to the good folks at Nashville's Spat! Records, the very first Practical Stylists' album has just been released. A compilation of studio material and live tracks, Post_script is a great document of one of Nashville's truly underrated bands.
Practical Stylists had a rich power-pop sound with great vocal harmonies and whipsmart songwriting. Although they played everywhere in the area, both as headliners and opening for a veritable who's who of local bands, Practical Stylists' achievements were often overshadowed by better-known bands of the era like Jason & the Nashville Scorchers and Walk The West. I'd highly recommend that anybody that loves timeless pop-rock music check out Practical Stylists ... after all, it's never too late to discover great music!
-- Keith A. Gordon