Brandon Wiard - Painting A Burning Building

WOW! Love when these great CD`s arrive out of the blue---never heard of Wiard, but we`re hoping all you will soon be `hep` to this impossibly ambitious and catchy affair. Fans of Matthew Sweet, The Lemonheads, The Candy Butchers, classic Elvis Costello and Teenage Fanclub pay attention, please. "Wiard`s Painting a Burning Building coats its craft in the gooey white love foam of Casiotone and melodica, horn sections and sleigh bells. It`s here to entertain, but also to be wistful about the little things, painting in primary color, conveying emotion but keeping the output planar, like a Roy Lichtenstein print hanging in a bedroom mini-studio...the CD has a sturdy melodic glisten overall, nice production work throughout, and the kind of intent that should entice fans of rendered pop that`s attentive to life`s most common flaws and feelings."-AMG. "a stunner-hook laden and sincally intricate, while never obscuring Wiard`s unusual melodies and heartfelt evocative songs... 12 tracks represent a singer and a songwriter of unusual depth and talent. Ranging from lush sea chanteys to heart-shattering love songs, the record exceeds the sum of its considerable parts." - Ann Arbor News. Wiard has a firm grasp on melody and orchestration but there is song-after-song of sucker punch surprises with felicitous, wholly satisfying hooks laying the foundation.

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