Sometimes People Forget
For a band that only released four LPs during their initial run, Translator is well-represented with posthumous compilations: 1986's (inevitably-titled) Everywhere That I'm Not: A Retrospective was the first, followed by 1985's Translation, then by the less-imaginatively titled Everywhere That We Were: The Best of Translator, and most recently a UK-only collection titled, well, Collection.
So why, in 2015, another compilation of music from Translator? There are at least two very good reasons. The first is summed up in the title of the new collection released by Omnivore Recordings. Sometimes People Forget, so let's remind them. The second, better reason is that the new compilation doesn't travel well-trodden musical ground: Sometimes People Forget is 22 tracks of rare and previously unreleased material from the band, demos and outtakes spanning material that reaches back to the group's earliest, pre-record deal days.