Golden Field of Radioactive Crows

The 77's: Mike Roe (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Mark Harmon (guitar, keyboards, acoustic & electric basses, background vocals); Bruce Spencer (keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals).Recorded at Le'Oignon and Spray Bomb Studios, Sacramento, California.Fans of the 77s have come to expect gigantic gaps between the band's releases. But the six years that separated A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows from Tom Tom Blues was, to that point, the longest such delay for the band. Though the gap owed largely to the collapse of Brainstorm Artists International and the lack of a suitable label for the band's efforts, the band used the time to regroup and refocus after the disastrous Tom Tom Blues. When it was finally released, A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows was promised to be a return to the jubilant, anthemic pop of The 77s. And, for the most part, it is -- though it lacks that record's breadth and vitality. Michael Roe had been steeping himself in the moody pop of the La's and R