The Mayflies USA - Baby's Got Her Own Ideas - 1999
from Yep Roc Records CD "summertown"

The Mayflies USA were the Great White Hope of late 1990s NC power pop. The dB's may have fallen short of world conquest because of bad timing, but it's hard to say why the Mayflies did.

Sweet, carefully constructed guitar pop melodies, great harmonies, a knack for hooks, good live shows, enough crunch to keep 'em honest... all the ingredients seemed to be in place. dB's alum Chris Stamey produced "summertown," their first full length, as well as its follow up, "Pity List." They cobbled together one rougher EP before he came on board and another album after he left.

Then they broke up and just disappeared. Hopefully it won't take them 15 years to get back together like the dB's because they will be missed.

Posted by: Zach Coleman