Fountains of Wayne - Traffic & WeatherAvailable for Record Store Day Black Friday 25th November (online 26th November) Not since Ray Davies has a songwriter been able to craft such sharply observed vignettes in the space of a three minute pop song like the late Adam Schlesinger. And on 2007's Traffic and Weather, Fountains of Wayne's fourth album, Schlesinger took his art to a new level, singing short stories as varied as crushing on a DMV clerk ("Yolanda Hayes"), celebrating the sexiness

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The debut album by Pere Ubu

though Ziggy Stardust's influence was to redefine popular culture forever: pop music was never the same again

There were some moments that were initially hard

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but of finding freedom and joy in the privations as they come

dreamy state and time

composing songs that feel grounded and intimate

I picked up old drum machines

// "Sharp lyrics and infectious melodies" VIVE LE ROCK // "Fabulous stuff

Rushent cut up the Dare tapes and glued them back together

a drastic (and isolating) shift in their career