Triple Fast Action formed in 1993 and disbanded a mere five years later. In that brief period of time, they established a reputation for their engaging live performances and dynamic musicianship. They would eventually sign with Capitol Records, joining other prominent Chicago-area acts who also partnered with major labels around the same time, (Smashing Pumpkins, Smoking Popes, Veruca Salt, Hum, Urge Overkill and others).
On April 21st, they’ll release a self-titled collection of 37 rare and unreleased songs. It will be available from Forge Again Records as a triple LP, double CD and digitally. Twenty of these tracks were recorded by the band in their practice space in 1994 and have now been remixed by John Agnello, (Dinosaur Jr., Redd Kross, Sonic Youth). The remaining songs are from various studio sessions or radio appearances, and the entire album was mastered by Carl Saff.
When asked about the origins of this project, drummer Brian St. Clair said “It was something that came up after Justin from Forge Again Records released the reissue of our album Cattlemen Don’t. We had all these songs sitting around that had never seen the light of day and we all thought, ‘Why not share them as long as there was favorable interest in the band after all these years?’ It honestly surprised us as a band.”
One of the record’s most notable tracks is “Mooner,” which the band recorded themselves back in ’94. When recalling the recording process for this song, bassist Kevin Tihista said “It was one of those songs that I knew was something special from the audience response when we’d play it. I can’t say I remember recording this particular song at the practice space, but as far as recording all of these songs, my memory is that we didn’t sleep for maybe 36 hours because we recorded them all in like a day, and then another half day mixing them. We did it all ourselves and we didn’t really know what we were doing, except for Ronnie, (guitarist Ronnie Schneider) who owned the 16-track reel to reel we used.”
Check out the video for “Mooner” below and don’t forget to pre-order the album here.
