(30th Century Records) Way We Wont,the opening track on Grandaddy’s fifth album, has a chugging, or Weezer-style fuzz guitar and faux-naive riff that recall their best-known song – AM 180,from their debut album Under the Western Freeway, now 20 years veteran. But producer Danger Mouse has helped Grandaddy broaden their sonic palette. final plot is more sophisticated and less self-consciously wacky than some of the Californians’ preceding releases, and better for it. Slower songs This Is the Part and The Boat Is In employ a string section and reach a Mercury Rev-like psychedelic reverie. The melody of I Dont Wanna Live Here Anymore is instantly memorable. That’s What You Get for Gettin’ Outta Bed starts off as a softly strummed minor-key lament but finishes as a swoonsome remodelling of the Beatles’ It’s Only Love. And Check Injin shows Grandaddys alt-rock credentials to be in impeccable (perfect, flawless) order,with its unpredictable lurches in direction and pace worthy of the Pixies.
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Source: theguardian.com