 Fishstick
"Professional Fishstick" CD
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Genres: singer / songwriter, folk pop, hometaper pop
May 2 - 8 2005 |
Fishstick plays cutesy acoustic singer/songwriter folk that is
pleasant
but far from brilliant. These songs are fun and catchy, made
with a sincere love of music, and they have a sort of homemade charm
that recalls some of the more spirited hometapers' work (Don Campau,
MJB). A number of these songs are bland at best (the tiresome "Every
Moment With Me," the repetitive "Shut Your
Mouth"). Fortunately, tracks like the touchingly moody
"Why Don't You Stay" and the deceptively catchy "Belly
of the Beast" rescue the record from mediocrity. An
avoidance of bland and repetitious songwriting is the key to Fishstick's
better material; when he is at his best (like on "Belly"), I
can't help but dig the music.
78%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
10 tracks + 3 bonus, distributed by CD
Baby, released 2003] |
