Slow Motion Daydream - Everclear

World Of Noise - Everclear

two – both sent to the wrong address. There’s a joke based on busses there should anyone wish to grab it. But was it worth the wait? Well… No. This Everclear on recording on the cheap, indeed – part of the album was the bands demo prior to being signed and the guitar amp used to record the album needed a rest every so often to prevent it from producing blue flames. Compared to Everclears other albums it’s somewhat lacking. There’s a lot of energy floating round but it’s not tapped to such good effect as on Sparkle and Fade and compared to the multi-layered rock masterpiece that is So Much for the Afterglow it’s a touch ...

Songs from an American Movie-Vol. One:Learning How to Smile ...

“This album is about my divorce – though it’s not really autobiographical,” says Everclear frontman Art Alexakis talking about his band’s astonishingly sunny fourth album, the newly released Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 1—Learning How To Smile. As Everclear’s most pronounced excursion into pop thus far, the 12-song disc—which features a straight-faced cover of Van Morrison’s classic rock staple, “Brown Eyed Girl,” is likely to startle a few fans of the trio’s serrated rock. Revisiting the music of his youth, the 38-year old Alexakis—plus his bandmates, Greg Eklund (drums) and Craig ...

Songs from an American Movie-Vol. One:Learning How to Smile ...

This is the second album I bought with my Dooyoo vouchers, yay! I have always been attracted to this band, probably because I feel for all American bands when they come over here, stuck behind piles of dance remix and pop crap. This album is one of those you have to listen to many times to get any hold on it, you have to also take it with a pinch of salt considering it is called, 'Songs from an American Movie: Part One, learning how to smile,' and therefore is taking the mick quite a lot on the country twanging tracks! Part Two is released soon and will be a lot more rockier, apparently. The soul element is present throughout the album and at times sounds like Stepthen ...