( From Amazon.com ) November 20, 1998 -- Strong, Melodic Debut Pop Record

( From Amazon.com )
November 20, 1998
Strong, Melodic Debut Pop Record

I read once where the secret of pop music was honesty. There's nothing contrived or artificial here, just perfectly fashioned guitar-driven pop. After one listen, I was drawing comparisons with some of the better guitar-pop bands that dominate the limited landscape that is American commercial radio. This is just as good, maybe better, and it's given to you without posing, indulgent production, shoe-gazing, or morose, self-absorbed lyrics. The record starts with "Letter to Annette", one of those crystal-clear, under three-minute pop gems that would have been a great record in 1965 (say around the time the Who was seeing for miles). It's a great song today.

Other high points on the disc include "Easier Now," and "Into It," a nice dissection of pop culture.

I guess all pop records are about girls, cars, and or money...this one's subject is mostly the complexity of adult relationships. You'll get no David Lee Roth simplistic thinking here.

A friend of mine said that in a better world, "Without You" would be a number one hit. Here's hoping it is.

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