Saturday, April 26, 2008

Swag - Catchall - 2001


Swag were conceived as a fun side project by various musicians known primarily for their roles in other bands (particularly Ken Coomer of Wilco, Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick, and Robert Reynolds of the Mavericks). And, unlike some such ideas, they do actually sound like they're having fun on this pastiche of/homage to vintage '60s and '70s pop/rock styles. It's a diverse program of originals in that mold, sometimes taking cues from straight-ahead guitar power pop with ringing guitars, sometimes from fey McCartney-esque late-'60s acoustic pop-psych ("Near Perfect Smile" and "Different Girl"), sometimes from Remains-like mid-'60s organ rock guitar crunch ("Please Don't Tell"), sometimes from early Elvis Costello ("Eight"), and even from Cheap Trick themselves ("Ride," which even has a Cheap Trick reference in the lyrics). It's not the type of thing which is bound to impress listeners with wallfuls of original '60s pop/rock and '70s power pop to serve as comparisons, but it's better than the norm for such things, and well-executed. Four of the 12 songs on the band's debut full-length disc were previously released, but eight make their first appearance here.-AMG.

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7 comments:

wkc said...

another very pleasant listen - thanks

Anonymous said...

Is this the Japanese version with 2 bonus tracks? I already have Catch-All on CD and LP, plus their 7" and 10" picture disc EP, but I can't quite bring myself to shell out $30 for the same songs yet again on import just for 2 tracks.

dwight schrutte said...

is there a chance to re up the link for this? Thank you

Dwight

Curty Ray said...

Link is updated.

Enjoy!

Anonymous said...

Could you update the link? Thanks!

Mike said...

Link died again, please reupload. Thanks

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