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
Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is most known for her roles on the American television series '' Law & Order'', on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and ''Crossin ...
, "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."
The band broke up in 2000 when Kim moved out of town to finish a Ph.D. dissertation.
Discography
*''Moment Resistance'' (1995, self-released)
* "King Me" b/w Pilot Light, "Chicken Bones" (split 7-inch single, 1998, Guilt Ridden Pop)
*''Non-Fiction'' (1997, Guilt Ridden Pop)
*''It's Not You, It's Me'' (1998, Guilt Ridden Pop)
*''The Best Place For You'' (EP, 1999, Guilt Ridden Pop)
*''Paved With Good Intentions'' (2000, Guilt Ridden Pop)
External links
Mollycuddle page at Guilt Ridden Pop (Twin/Tone Records) website*
Audio of "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy"
References
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Alternative rock groups from Minnesota
Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Musical groups from Minnesota