Mic City Sons
Mic City Sons is the third and final album by American indie rock band Heatmiser, released on October 29, 1996 through record label Caroline.
Recording
Mic City Sons is the band's only recording for a major label. However, when individuals at Virgin Records learned the band might be on the verge of disbanding, the album was subsequently licensed for release through the smaller sister independent label Caroline Records (also an EMI subsidiary) and their independent distributor of the same name.
Content
The title of the album is taken from a line in the ninth track, "Pop in G": "Mic city sons seem to dumb everything down".
On the album's style, Michael Frey of AllMusic noted "a decidedly more pop feel than its predecessors".
Release
Mic City Sons was released on October 29, 1996 through Virgin Records sub-label Caroline.
Reception
Michael Frey of AllMusic called the album "an outstanding collection of diverse and invigorating tracks". Tracks "Pop in G" and "See You Later" were called "two of the best indie rock songs of the '90s". He finished by saying "Despite the success Heatmiser's members have achieved since their disbanding, it's unfortunate that this collective decided to split up just when they had reached such a creative peak."
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Mic City Sons
by: HeatmiserBack in the bar they push the tables back
Lay you out like you walked into a speed trap
Felt my stomach drop right outta thin air
They got their hands in my pockets even if there's nothing there
Feel like a sick mind, feel like the only one
Don't know who I'm looking for, or if it's anyone
And in the back room they had the word spread
Come without a conscience to be leading back and into bed
What should I do
I wouldn't know what to say
Between the door I'll probably turn them all away
They look so bored that it doesn't matter anyway
And I don't wanna be naked
Get taken in and taken
Come in like I'm lost, just got off the bus
Don't know how to act, how to look anonymous
Feel like I'm lined up behind the cue ball
Between my pocket and the eye in the hole in the wall
(what do you see when you see me? )
What should I do
I wouldn't know what to say
Between the dorr I'd probably turn them all away
They look so bored that it doesn't matter anyway
And I don't wanna look hopeless
Look broken in and broken