Baltimore's Tinklers sang silly, child-like songs using simple, home-made instruments. Despite this unfashionable approach, they managed to release 3 proper albums with real distribution. 1991's Saplings is the second of the three. Despite having been recorded in a studio, it emphasizes the band's naïveté. There are obvious effects in places, but the studio's capabilities are mostly used to exaggerate the voices and instruments' already absurd textures. Side A includes a series of short a cappella interludes, while side B ends with a longer and more complex song (with synthesizer overdubs, even!) than is typical of the band's work—"Paul Bunyan". The dimensionless cover painting and awkwardly-handwritten font on the front cover match the contents perfectly.
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