Majesty Crush was together from 1990 to 1995. After the Chameleon record label, which released Love 15, shut down, the band received the master tapes for the album but was unable to sign with Elektra, who owned Chameleon. Struggling to stay together, the band lost their drummer and released the Sans Muscles EP and a split single with Spare Snare before disbanding. In 2009, Full Effect Records released a compilation titled I Love You In Different Cities: The Best of Majesty Crush.[2]
After the passing of former lead singer David Stroughter in 2017,[3] conversations began to find the band's master tapes. In 2019, Hobey Echlin, who had played bass for the band, received a Facebook DM from a woman in Minnesota who claimed to have the tapes through a friend who was given them by Stroughter.[4] She was able to send them over to Echlin. The first usage of the masters came in 2020, when Third Man Records featured "No. 1 Fan" from Love 15 as the leading track of Southeast of Saturn, a release compiling shoegaze and indie rock bands from the Michigan area.[5]
In March 2023, the band began asking around for photos and videos for a "series of digital and physical releases" through an at-the-time undisclosed label.[6] The label was shortly thereafter revealed to be Numero Group.[7]
In anticipation of its release, Numero Group released several songs from the album as digital singles and advertised the compilation on their social media to raise interest in the release.
Pitchfork reviewer David Glickman gave the album a score of 8 and described it as "a melding of the unsavory and sweet, raw lust and desire amplified tenfold by tense basslines and waves of pillowy distortion."
Mojo reviewer Stevie Chick gave the album three stars and said that the compilation "showcases a band that were melodically complex".[9]
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