When indie rock was born in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Los Angeles band Further didn’t make as big a splash as Pavement or Sebadoh, but any snobby record-store clerk will argue that they were almost as seminal. Founded by brothers Darren and Brent Rademaker, Further eventually branched off into bands such as country-rockers Beachwood Sparks and indie surf group the Tyde. Follow Further’s roots even further, and you’ll see that in one way or another, they reach as far as psych-pop band Lilys, Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Neal Casal played with Beachwood Sparks before joining), and Dinosaur Jr.—Beachwood’s second album, Once We Were Trees was recorded at J. Mascis’ studio, and the silver-haired Jazzmaster guru even played on a couple tracks.
So it’s only fitting that there’s a salient nod to Mascis’ frantic guitar playing in Further’s early lo-fi recordings—which have been out of print for well over two decades. But if you missed out the first time, guess what? The Rademaker brothers and U.K. label Bad Paintings are now taking pre-orders for Where Were You Then?—a compilation of Furthers’ best singles and EP tracks from 1991 to 1997.