White Summer/How Does It Feel To Feel 7"

White Summer/How Does It Feel To Feel 7"

Susstones
1991

White Summer (Deal)

How Does It Feel To Feel (Garner/Phillips)

Steven Deal - vocals, guitars

Robert Dietrich - vocals, guitars

Dean McNulty - bass, vocals

Furgis Allen - drums

Recorded and mixed at Trod Nossel Studios. Produced by Chopper, engineered by Richard Robinson.

Reviews

Another single pairing two songs from their LP... "How Does It Feel To Feel" again, and this time the A-side is one of the outstanding tracks on the LP. "White Summer" has an outstanding sense of dynamics to go with a great melody -- just latch on to the great guitar chording and the cool vocals.
JOHN GARDNER, NOISE FOR HEROES #22, 1993.

CT's Chopper progresses well from last year's debut self-titled LP with their new "White Summer" 7" (Susstones). They still have remnants of the Skids/Rich Kids/Professionals blast, but it's now a background touch, as the a-side is driven far more by a strummy acoustic and extremely soulful vocals from frontman Steve Deal (late of Bleached Black). This is crisp power-pop like you haven't heard in a few years, and the flip is a stomping cover of The Creation's '67 classic "How does It Feel To Feel" -- also done recently by The Godfathers -- which is as slow and dirty as it should be. Real style shows good taste.
JACK RABID, ROCKPOOL, Oct. 15, 1992.

New England's Chopper offer some subtle, good quality pop on their new Susstones release, "White Summer" b/w "How Does It Feel To Feel". The A-side is clean and melodic, not unlike Mpls' own Sparrows.
CAKE #10 Sept-Oct. 1992, Minnapolis.

Chopper's new 45 on Susstones delivers a lovely, driving original "White Summer" and a big ol' bash through the monster 1967 Creation smash "How Does It Feel To Feel". Looking for a long-player from this promising Connecticut gang.
SCOTT McCAUGHEY, THE ROCKET #5, 1992.

Going to do some extended driving? Plan to tape some records for this road trip? Well somewhere between the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" and the Beach Boys' "Fun Fun Fun", don't forget to include both sides of Chopper's new single on the cassette. Melding the passionate fury of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," the anthemic battery of "Celebrated Summer," and the gilded vocalizing of the Association, "White Summer" is the near perfect cloudless sky/open highway selection. Stuck in traffic? Chopper's faithful cover of the Creation's "How Does It Feel To Feel" may not open up any new lanes, but it will make the auto-jam much more tolerable.
BOB DELUCA, SPLEEN #2, 1992.

This CT combo follow up their self-released EP and CD and 45 releases for Zero Hour with this new single, made up of two songs from their debut CD. Readers of YELLOW PILLS should know by now that we love this band, so needless to say you should get this immediately. The a-side is one of Chopper's guitarist/singer Steven Deal's best songs, and is very characteristic of his style; a strong, memorable melody, sharp guitar work that doesn't resort to showing off, and lyrics that deal with typical teenage concerns through cryptic, slightly unsettling imagery. The flipside is a mondo heavy cover of the Creation's sixties mod nugget that proves Chopper can rock as loud and distorted as any Seattle grunge loser without getting self-conscious about it. I wish they had used guitarist Robert Dietrich's contribution to the CD, "She Went Away" as the b-side, but then "How Does It Feel To Feel" is very cool, so I have no major complaints. Chopper has served their apprenticeship in the indie world and are ready to move to the big leagues. Here's hoping they get their shot.
RICH OVERMAN, YELLOW PILLS #3, 1993.