Guilt Ridden Pop

Mollycuddle

Mollycuddle was an alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota active from 1994 to 2000.

A quartet composed of vocalist/guitarists Sara Aase and Tommy Kim, bassist Guy Lawhead, and drummer Judson Hildreth, the band was signed to Minneapolis label Guilt Ridden Pop. It released three albums, an EP and a split single with the band Pilot Light.

City Pages writer Peter Scholtes described their music as "cranky dreampop" and singled out for praise their "affecting" 1998 ode to Law & Order actress Jill Hennessy, "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy."  Colin Helms of CMJ New Music Report called them "shamelessly retro indie-pop" and called the song "Miracles", from their 1999 EP The Best Place For You, "the ideal demonstration of the band's feisty guitar change and melody-driven bounce." A reviewer for the White Plains, New York Journal News called It's Not You, It's Me "occasionally yummy but ultimately underwhelming" but said that "Aase's candy-glazed voice is irresistibly listenable."[4]

The band broke up in 2000 when Kim moved out of town to finish a Ph.D. dissertation.

from wikipedia (2021)

Be prepared to have what little you have left of your already weak and pathetic heart to be crushed, brutalized and ridiculed. Anchored by a strong, percussive rhythm section Mollycuddle's most distinct character would have to be the boy/girl vocal interchange which brings together Tommy's manic screaming with Sara's effervescent voice. Mollycuddle is the pop band that writes those love songs that remind you just how miserable your life really is...

Mollycuddle's long-awaited and anticipated full-length. More melodic than the Pixies and more aggressive than Yo La Tengo, the band continues to hone their unique, mournfully cheery sound. Produced by Bryan Hanna (Papas Fritas, Hang-Ups, Legendary Jim Ruiz), this album promises to be a treat for the ears.

- notes from Guilt Ridden Pop