NEW RELEASES August 26 2000

TAMMY ALLEN, See! (self-release); second CD from New Age “meta-pop” singer/songwriter; performs Wed., Aug. 23, at Eddie’s Attic; www.tammyallen.com

THE BANGALORE TORPEDOES, Clear the Floor (Rarotonga); eclectic adult pop act fronted by Decatur songwriter John Goese; features the Umajets’ Rob Aldridge on vocals; www.bangaloretorpedos.com

THE CHANGELINGS, Epicycles (self-release); fifth CD by dark and ethereal quintet; features recent incidental music commissioned for computer game and haunted house; www.changelings.com

THE CLOSE, 20,000 + (Moodswing); debut CD by post-punk trio relocated from Auburn, Ala.; www.moodswingrecords.com

CURTIS MAYFIELD, Curtis/Live! and Curtis (Rhino); separate reissues of two early ’70s soul classics by recently-deceased music legend; www.rhino.com/features/79932p.html

THE SUNSHINE FIX, The Future History of a Sunshine Fix (Kindercore); five-song debut EP from Olivia Tremor Control’s Bill Doss side project; features Dave Barbe and various Elephant Six members; www.kindercore.com