Harriet The Spy

Harriet The Spy were a four-piece post-hardcore/emo band from Kent, Ohio that began in 1993 and broke up in 1998. Sonically, they played with very loud, sharp, and angular guitars that jut out in every direction, while an energetic rhythm section keeps these songs pummeling along. The vocals range from screamed to spoken, and always tend to be lower in the mix, which hits a very minor lo-fi appeal.  There's a definite influence from early Gravity bands such as Antioch Arrow and Heroin, in addition to the progressive hardcore rhythms of Universal Order of Armageddon, plus a touch of Sonic Youth and Big Black. They released a good chunk of material in their few years together, the most essential of which being their sole LP, Unfuckwithable, as well as Anthology of Selected Recordings, which includes most of their recorded material. Enjoy.

God Gave Us Music And The Courage To Sing (1994)

1. Retardo Y Retardo

2. I Hate America (But I Think I'll Stay)

3. Fucking Me Fucking You

4. Bloody Nose Please

5. Sneaking Peeks At The Will

6. The Jealous Wrath of Baby Jesus

7. Fluffed Up On Puff Balls

8. The Invasion Of The Rats

Harriet The Spy/Grain (1994)

1. Harriet The Spy - Credit Slips

2. Harriet The Spy - Sleeping Through The Money Shot

3. Grain - Nibble

4. Grain - Breathe

Thumbnail/Harriet The Spy (1996)

1. Thumbnail - Ambient Experiment 001

2. Thumbnail - Six Figures

3. Thumbnail - Letter To The Editor - That Gets Opened

4. Thumbnail - Discourse

5. Harriet The Spy - All The Strings

6. Harriet The Spy - Cold Cock A Dick

7. Harriet The Spy - Retarding Dimensionally

8. Harriet The Spy - Ninja Malfunction

9. Harriet The Spy - Enamel Fight

10. Harriet The Spy - We Don't Need The Glamorous Life

Three Studies For A Crucifixion/Harriet The Spy (1997)

1. Three Studies For A Crucifixion - No Refund Policy

2. Three Studies For A Crucifixion - Operation: Dandelion & Certificate Of Marathoid Behavior

3. Harriet The Spy - This Music Festival Sucks

4. Harriet The Spy - Bucky Beaver

Unfuckwithable (1997)

1. The Forgettable Fire

2. Untitled

3. Girls In Bikinis

4. Octohelpme

5. Paint My Atoms

6. Androidgeny

7. When The Shit Hits The Commodore 64

8. Cum Stomache

9. When We Saw Our Names Up In Lights...

Anthology Of Selected Recordings (1998)

1. Retardo Y Retardo

2. I Hate America (But I Think I'll Stay)

3. Fucking Me Fucking You

4. Bloody Nose Please

5. Sneaking Peeks At The Will

6. The Jealous Wrath of Baby Jesus

7. Fluffed Up On Puff Balls

8. Invasion Of The Cats

9. All The Strings

10. Cold Cock A Dick

11. Retarding Dimentionally

12. Untitled

13. Ninja Malfunction

14. Enamel Fight

15. We Don't Need The Glamorous Life

16. This Music Festival Sucks

17. Bucky Beaver

18. Laminant

19. Shitfire

20. Tenadic

21. Circle-A Indication

22. We Have the Codes We Can Tear Off Arms

23. $10,000

24. Exacto Life

25. Retarding Dimentionally

26. Enemal Life

27. Telescope

28. AE

29. Lights, Vomit, Sound, Action

30. Cum Stomache

31. Nopi

32. Excuse Me, Your Legs Are On Fire

33. Credit Slips

34. Sleeping Through The Money Shot

Harriet The Spy/Fat Day (1998)

1. Harriet The Spy - When Will Gentlemen Rule The World

2. Harriet The Spy - How We Got On Kill Rock Stars

3. Fat Day - Hip Hop!

4. Fat Day - Mod Rot!

5. Fat Day - Breakfast With Susan Graver!

6. Fat Day - Luh!

7. Fat Day - Quintland!

Synthetic Synthesis (1998)

1. Synthetic Synthesis

2. So Called Reality

Live 1998 (1998)

1. Harriet The Spy - The Forgettable Fire

2. Harriet The Spy - When Will Gentlemen Rule The World

3. The Party Of Helicopters - Reduced To Rubble

4. The Party Of Helicopters - Death Beckons With A Heavy Hammer