Shroomunion was a band from Alabama(?) that existed during the 1990s ('93-'95). They had both a male and female vocalist and usually switched off every other song.Like many bands of the 90s Emo scene, they incorporated emotional/heart-felt lyrics in their compositions. However, unlike other bands, some of their lyrics depicted a bleak and somewhat frightening setting that is jarring to say the least (that is, if you can understand what they're saying).
Like their name may depict, they are quite addicting (but not in a bad way), and some of the settings that they describe may seem all but impractical unless you were on some kind of hallucinogen--they make you feel scared beyond normal freight, but you're hooked and you want more.
Shroomunion came out with three total releases: Fairytales And Dreams (1993 Seven Inch on Repercussion Records), Adv-M9 Loves Adv-M10 (1994 Ten Inch on Monopoly Records), and Shroomunion (1995 Self-Titled Seven Inch on Inchworm Records). They apparently have a live bootleg entitled You Will Always Be Remembered [the title is a line from their song "Clair"] on Extinguish Fanzine, but there doesn't seem to be any information on that. The bootleg also features vocals from Adam Nanna (of Indian Summer) as a guest.
Their song "Calm" is a song that is often mislabeled as "Rain Dance," and was featured on two compilations: We've Lost Beauty: A Compilation for Christopher (1996 Twelve Inch on File-13 Records), and Eucalyptus (1995 Two Seven Inches on Tree Records).
Inchworm Records is supposed to release a 21-discography entitled 21 Requiems, but as of 2010, that hasn't happened yet.
Below is their entire discography to date (minus the song "Calm," because I'll post the comp. later). One of the links is complete with information and scans of the artwork.
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(IMPORTANT NOTE: The untitled song (track 03) is supposed to be titled "Jesus Headlights" and should be track 05 [it was an unlabeled song that followed "Crackpipe Dream"].)
Version 1 comes with information on the band's releases/etc.
Version 2 has the song "Reloading" (I can't find any information on it; I'm pretty sure it's a Shroomunion song, but if it's not, let me know) that comes after "Monkey Song" and before "Nightlightfright." This version was taken from here (the blog is in Russian so be ready to translate--it also does a great job with their history/shows/etc.).
This comes with a zip file of scans from various releases.
All links (except "Adv Version 2") came from here.
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