After no less than a month after the Prids benefit album Dots to Connect was announced it finally hit iTunes today and I've got my filthy digital hands on it. It's been available through Amazon for a while now, but since I don't live in either the US of A or the UK I wasn't capable of getting it through there. Well, it was worth waiting.
Just to give a bit of background: last Autumn The Prids were in a terrible accident. They crashed their tour bus and most of their equipment was destroyed. A PayPal account was set up for donations and apparently it worked, seeing as the band is already doing a tour in the States. At some point someone thought it'd be great if a bunch of bands friendly with The Prids made a benefit tribute to the band. With a discography dating as far as 2000 there was a lot of material for bands to mine.
The compilation features eighteen covers by various bands, including my favourites Entertainment and Bell Hollow, and as far as I'm concerned it's a very solid compilation. The songs are true to the originals yet they don't sound forced to the bands performing them. Hearts Fail's "The Glow" turns down the tempo quite a bit, changing the song into a really ethereal and dark piece, while Bell Hollow's signature guitar sounds make "Contact" a piece that wouldn't have sounded out of place on their album Foxgloves.
The quality of the songs is great and they serve as a great tribute to The Prids. Highly recommended.
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