August 30th, 2011 1:00am
As Far As You Can See
It's so irrational, but I feel as though I should in some way apologizing for liking this so much, as if I should distrust myself a bit for maybe succumbing to some cheap Pavlovian trigger where I just hear alt-rock moves from the mid-90s and go "yes, thanks!" But you know what? In this case, yes, thanks. Every little bit of this song could easily be something I half-remembered from
CMJ samplers or
120 Minutes, but it's all put together with great grace. There's a great emotional tension in this too – a desire for hope and pleasure that's so close to breaking through, but it's not fully there.
3 Responses.
9/1/11 9:01 am
It’s good stuff, and it sounds a lot like ‘Sink to the Bottom’ by Fountains of Wayne, to me, which is probably why I like it.
9/4/11 10:20 am
I like it too-could do a whole lot worse than 90s alt rock
9/5/11 9:41 pm
Great description for this song. I like it- reminds me (in a good way) of the kind of stuff I listened to in high school and early college.