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What hath Frente! wrought? Unbearably cute major-label debuts like
Aurora Gory Alice by the Boston-area quintet, Letters To Cleo. Wispy- voiced singer Kay Hanley empties her high school poetry notebook over lightweight and instantly forgettable pop fluff like "Big Star" (which isn't even about the band) and "Mellie's Comin' Over." Letters to Cleo prides itself in its wimpy worldview and sophomoric naivete. For that, I prefer the Murmurs or Lisa Loeb or even (ecch!) Frente!
--Jim DeRogatis