Sunday, July 18, 2021

When I Pretend To Fall, Long Winters

When I Pretend To Fall, Long Winters, 2003, :48

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

This is a regular indie album, played by a bunch of guys who play indie music.  A couple of the songs seem to be about a woman who left him a year ago and is now getting married, maybe?  I didn't find it engaging or interesting.  The lyrics are delivered with self-importance but are rather juvenile, and heavy on the choruses.  The most popular song on the album, "Cinnamon," is nice but marred by that reliance on the "chorus ad nauseam" approach.  Favorite tracks: "Scared Straight," "Blue Diamonds."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...