Love Tractor - Venice

What this video is

Love Tractor was a founding pillar of the Athens, Georgia alternative rock scene, operating alongside R.E.M., the B-52's, and Pylon. 'Venice' appeared on their 1988 album Themes from Venus — produced by Mitch Easter — which marked a return to the independent DB Records label following the bankruptcy of RCA-affiliated Big Time Records. The song represented the band's continued evolution from a primarily instrumental…

Why it matters

As one of the Athens scene's flagship acts, Love Tractor helped codify the jangle-pop and art-rock college radio template that would influence post-rock, Britpop, and indie pop through the 1990s and beyond. 'Venice' exemplifies the band's synthesis of melodic vocal hooks with textured instrumental…