here is the NFO file from Indietorrents
Original Release / Au-Go-Go
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Cub is the best. They are more than the sum of their parts and if you are not a fan of indiepop or pop punk their intelligence, wit and songcraft may not be obvious. If you’ve never heard them at all, I’m not sure whether this or Come Out, Come Out would be the place to start.
Put it this way – when Cub opened for Sebadoh on their Bakesale tour (or at least in Detroit) I felt like the stars were aligning just for me. They are not twee. Or cuddlecore. Belle and Sebastian and Bunnygrunt are twee. Lunchbox is cuddlecore. Cub just did their thing and didn’t give a fuck whether you took it or left it. I know it’s hard to tell the difference but I said it anyway.
yr all music guide sez:
An after-the-fact collection (Cub broke up in 1996, after the release of the fine Box of Hair) of singles, compilation appearances, and oddities, 1997’s Mauler wraps up all of Cub’s loose ends. Like most indie pop groups of the mid-’90s, Cub considered the 7″ single to be sacrosanct (their second album, Come Out Come Out, was originally released in a limited edition of three 7″ EPs), and most of their best moments took place at 45 rpm. The career-defining “New York City” and “My Chinchilla” are both here, as is the terrific “The Day I Said Goodbye,” from a split single Cub shared with the pop-punk trio the Potatomen. Three covers show influences both expected (Joan Jett’s “Runaway”) and surprising (the Hollies’ “You Know He Did,” turned into a garage rock stomp halfway between “Louie Louie” and “Wild Thing,” complete with a dead-on recreation of the ocarina solo from the latter; “She’s Like a Rainbow,” a slightly mistitled cover of the Rolling Stones’ trippiest moment, “She’s a Rainbow”). As is usually the case with this sort of compilation, the other tracks are pretty hit or miss. This is more for established Cub fans than newcomers, who should probably check out any of the trio’s three proper albums first.