Sebadoh

This is the last Sebadoh album to feature Eric Gaffney, whose contributions consist of noisy rants resonating with discontent. In contrast, Barlow's songs are accomplished, winsome and wistful, striking gold with "Soul and Fire." This album finds bassist Loewenstein coming to his own as a songwriter, but it's not enough to make this more than an uneven effort.

Ever since their beginnings in 1986, Sebadoh have been terrifically inspirational for some of
the best of the current generation of indie-rock bands. Originally founded by Lou Barlow,
formerly of Dinosaur Jr, and Eric Gaffney as an excuse to stitch together exquisite songs
out of acoustic guitars, found sounds and tape hiss, Sebadoh soon added Jason
Loewenstein for a more recognizable "rock" orientation. But while their sound... More >

Angry three-headed wimp on the long hard road to love ("Soul and Fire," "Sister") (Grade - *)