GREAT power pop band from Texas and on their third release they hit the
target big. Household Names is a rock band combining smart, emotional lyrics
with pitch-perfect songcraft on top of a powerful rhythm section, a band
that most Not Lamers will not only 'get', but be thankful to own. " The
second album from this highly stylized local pop trio is precision-tuned and
oversoaked with hooks. Cynical chin-scratchers might quibble with the notion
of always aiming for the universal chord, but it's rare to find capital-P
Pop pulled off with such a slick punch, particularly in an organic-leaning
nape like Austin. Ace producer Lars Goransson mixes Picture in My Head extra
hot, which compliments Household Names' big bright sound well....fueled by
the same unrequited aspirations as Big Star devotees like Matthew Sweet and
Jellyfish. Soaring group harmonies and a snap rhythm section add to the
wallop. The latter figures prominently in "The Latest Success," an urgent,
hold-and-release power cut that makes you want to drive too fast. "Anytime,
Mrs. K" is a summer-sweet mash note to a fleeting office fling that sounds
like the logical successor to Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom." The only
thing missing from the Top 40 circa 1979 yearn of "Beggar's Radio" is
transistor-radio crackle, but that production trick shows up soon enough
between the lushly padded choruses of "Handle On." As tricked-out as these
sounds are, they remain secondary to Household Names' quest for the perfect
pop song." - Austin Chronicle. "Their music inspires many of the same
feelings that more blatantly commercial records do - swelling joy,
monumental melancholy, the inescapable urge to sing along - but it's music
for the mind as much as the ears." - Music Austin. Big Time, Extremely
Highly Recommended!
 Anytime - mp3
Badnews - mp3
Mrs. K - mp3
Picture In My Head - mp3
All To Myself - mp3 | 
