Like anyone else in 2002-2003, I was pretty indifferent to Rooney. Didn't they have Jason Schwartzman's cousin or Roman Coppola's niece or Talia Shire's valet or something therein? So, other than the single "Blue Side," I ignored them and listened to the Streets ("knock down your aerial," indeed!), prolly.Well, in swapping files with Gabe last month, I just grabbed the first Rooney record because he had it.
I'm here to say it's great. Certain vocal moments are Weezer-y to an uncomfortable extreme, but when one takes a deep breath and realizes it's better than Weezer, then all is well in the valley again. Super-nifty arrangements, great guitar sounds...pretty surprising. I see they have other records, which I may investigate.
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