| Show CD Review Sweet Release is Fun By Jake I News Editor Grade A AThe AThe The latest Release from Matthew Sweet 1 Fun crashes onto the rock scene with haunting melody and emotionally intense lyrics A 3 f. f This the sixth release of Sweets Sweet's solo career seems to be his most spontaneous piece of work It explores explores explores ex ex- the ideas and emotion of f r Sweets Sweet's inner person The strong feeling with which Sweet delivers his passion onto the album is ible t Sick Of Myself one of the 12 songs featured featured sums up the feelings of self-loathing self we have all felt at atone atone one time or another in our Ii lives ves T The e urgency of His liis work draws you in like a fight on the playground that everybody wants to catch a glimpse of f. f Many of the songs featured are calm and ballad like swaying gently back and forth feeling as if they were a baby being rocked to sleep Smog Moon is one of these contemplative contemplative contemplative con con- songs It sucks you in turns you arou around d and makes you take another look at the eerie beauty all around you While the album seems to have havethe havethe havethe the charm of the pop scene it is heavy in emotion The talented Sweet combines his burning soul with the rhythm of steel guitar and bashing beat of the drums drums' Fun deserves strong attention from music lovers It has the kind of sound that you can always associate periods of your life with When looking back upon your college experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex it would be a shame the spirited mix of Fun didn't didn 1 come to mind |
