I could tell you a half dozen different things about this band that isn’t quite right and none of them would matter, because I still like them. In fact, I find myself liking the record more with each listen. Maybe it just manages to remind me of so many sounds I like without allowing me to exactly pin down the names of the bands they are borrowing from, or maybe I just like songs with titles like “A Losing Ticket Cannot Give Advice.”
The record’s about life, baggage, what we can leave behind, and what we can’t. The opening track reaches out and grabs you but by the time you get to the end of the album you’re not surprised at the slow crawl of “Take The Reigns” It’s unclear the period over which these Keith Bailey penned songs were composed but they all draw heavily from that early 90s sounds that did not come out of Seattle. Again, there is a reason why I like it.
The five guys behind this record from Authors Apology hail from our fine town and can be seen on stage September 24th at the Drunken Unicorn.
