Two Steps from the Middle Ages
Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988) is the fifth studio album by power pop band Game Theory. History. Miller intended the album to be "a more straightforward, singles-based record" than its predecessor, "Lolita Nation": In a review of the 2017 reissue, "PopMatters" wrote that the album "point[ed] forward towards what would, by 1993, become fashionable under the 'alternative' label. One can hear echoes of Game Theory's trailblazing in many of the bands that enjoyed success in the early '90s, including Belly and, especially, Smashing Pumpkins." After the group was disbanded in  1990, leader Scott Miller went on to form The Loud Family. Game Theory would not release another album until "Supercalifragile" came out in 2017, four years after Miller's death. Songs. The title of the song "Room For One More, Honey," is a reference to an episode of the American television program "The Twilight Zone" titled "Twenty Two". The album's title has at least a double meaning (referring to both dance steps from the historical period known as the Middle Ages as well as to a person who is "two steps" from middle age) and comes from an alternating  rhyme in the fifth track: Unfolding their defense in stagesHarshest critics can't refuseTwo steps from the middle agesRose details and ruby shoes In 2012, the song "Rolling with the Moody Girls" was covered by Home Blitz on their EP "Frozen Track". Track listing. All songs written by Scott Miller.