Dennis Yudt, Sacramento News and Review, December 28, 2000
...with songs that rip like presents on Christmas morning, like the Feelies with the caffeine.
Product Description
The songs are about lump-in-the-throat re-encounters with ex-lovers, the alchemic crafting of cashmere sweaters, a delusional wanna-be actress, an obtuse parallel between Balok and having a mental breakdown, Maurice Chevalier's pining for Claudine Longet, space and love. The music comes from influences as far ranging as early '80s New Zealand rock, '70s AM radio, Eno, the Beach Boys, and the Television Personalities, to name a handful. What ties this album together is an unabashed love for a sweet, artful pop tune. This album is a collection of wide-eyed stares, gawks, winks, ogles and nudges, nods and waves towards an elusive art-pop gem.
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