So I bought some really corny but good albums today. Both debut albums, one a "super-group"(I hate that fucking term) and one is some "new" shit. The super-group is Tinted Windows and they are comprised of Taylor Hanson(yes that Taylor Hanson), James Iha, Bun E. Carlos and Adam Schlesigner. Pretty rad mixup if you ask me and they pull the album off believe it or not. Granted its obvious they wrote this album in about 3 weeks and recorded in about 2, but its 35 minutes of pure sugar-coated guitar pop and I am a fuckin sucker for that. The other album is the debut from Chester French and I dont know much about them aside from the fact that Pharell seems to worship every sound they make, and with decent reason. The album is definitely a fun listen, but I get the feeling that alot of the ideas on the album are overthought and it makes them sound a little out of place. Case in point the track "Country Interlude" is five and a half minutes of eerie sounds and just randomness that doesnt tie the album together in any way and is the longest track on the album by a minute. Great first try from the duo and I expect much bigger things to build from their year or two of pre-album release hype and mix tapes and EPs etc. The debut I DIDNT BUY today was from Asher Roth because he is a clown. I have heard some of his mixes and its obvious he has flow, but the album is straight gimmicky bullshit, halfassed hooks and guest spots. Garbage.
Oh! Listen to the new Manchester Orchestra album! It sounds like In Utero era Nirvana mixed with Pinkerton era Weezer and....country. Slide guitar and all. Get on that shit. Its called "Mean Everything To Nothing".
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