Herb Eimerman - Just Barely Famous

2006 release from Herb Eimerman, who continues to evolve this unique and special pop craft and gets better and better with each release. "Just Barely Famous" is his best yet. Eimerman (who was half of The Nerk Twins, his group with Shoes-man Jeff Murphy) has a unique way of recording that results in a sound that is part Dwight Twilley echo, The Everly Brothers, early Marshall Crenshaw, mid/late-70`s Flamin` Groovies, Spongetones and Shoes. Like we said, `unique`. For this record, the "X" ingredient is co-writer (on six of the 16 songs here) Swede Stefan Johansson. He tweaks and enhances Eimerman`s formula bringing a new dynamic to it, that seethes and seeps even into his own songs. Just a bit more bite that, pleasurably, does not hurt, but titillates. The 12 stringed guitars ring, echo and refrain their way into your ear leaving only happy memories and smiles. It`s a power pop testimony loaded with jangly guitars, luscious layered vocal harmonies and some of Eimerman`s best-ever melodies.

BlogCritics.org has this to accurately say about Eimerman`s music: "Musically, pop lovers like me`ll pick up traces of Zion Illinois` finest, not to mention bits of later Flamin` Groovies and squishy folk-poppers like the Association. It`s the kind of thoughtful 60`s-indebted pop-rock, in other words, that doesn`t stand a chance in hell of getting played on the radio today - but thankfully seems to be surviving thanx to a coterie of cultish addicts, many of `em too young to`ve "outgrown" this sneakily hook-filled retro sound.".
"And it is a pop-rock gem - sixteen sharp pop-rock songs hewn out from a powerpop template. Think the Byrds, the Knack, the Cars, perhaps a smidgen of early Joe Jackson..and of course The Spongetones. ..This is feelgood music, jangly guitars, bright harmonies and songs with good old fashioned hooks, choruses and hummability...It really can`t get better than this, Just Barely Famous is on heavy rotation here at the Borderland Post, and not many make it that far!"-Borderline.co.uk.
If there`s one Eimerman disc to pick up out of a solid handful, this *the* one, hands-down. Extremely Highly Recommended!

Just Barely Famous - mp3

Unbreakable - mp3

Tell Me Where - mp3

The Ocean Is Blue - mp3

Vanished Shadows - mp3

Where I`m At With You - mp3