One of the coolest things that has happened to me as a result of being in a band was that I struck up a friendship with an affable fellow named Patrick Hawley after he played drums on the first What Gives record. He was an excellent musician who seemed to be involved in a number of projects, but he was particularly excited about a band he was playing in called Twiggy. Shortly thereafter, I went to visit him in Champagne, and met his roommate Todd Fletcher, who not coincidentally was Twiggy's singer/songwriter/guitarist. I remember Todd being shy, intelligent, and gratuitously talented. They sat me down and played a tape of this for me; it was slated to be released soon on Parasol. I was a little annoyed because their record was much better than ours. Still, I loved hanging out with those guys in Champagne, getting to meet people like Nick Rudd and Charlie Dold. It was a wonderful time.

Years later, this remains one of my favorite records, and the only reason I'm not just posting the whole thing is because I keep thinking Parasol is going to do a comp of all of the Twiggy recordings at some point. The Stamey-influenced "Beaujolais" was drawn out of a hat, but the other two tracks are also fantastic.