CD released: Dec 20, 2005
12 sparkling and emotive songs that stand alongside anything in America's guitar-rock canon. Received glowing reviews in the NME, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Mojo, Uncut, The Times, The Guardian and many more, and earned comparisons to the likes of Galaxie 500, Pavement, the Velvets, REM and the Go-betweens. Includes the singles 'rob a bank' and 'wild'. on heavyweight vinyl. Dark, intoxicating music that joins the dots between REM, the Velvets and Phil Spector (mojo). special 4/5 (the guardian), Belong to rock heritage of REM, Galaxie 500 and Miracle legion. One of the last leaves clinging to the wintry tree of the American singer/songwriter tradition. 8/10 (the times). They simply transcend their influences 4/5 (uncut). They expose smalltown USA in the same way as Sparklehorse and Elliott Smith. To know them is to love them 7110 and one of on sections top 20 of the year NME). Fortuna Pop. 2005. |
