Audio CD review:
Marcy Playground - MP3

Marcy Playground - MP3

Band: Marcy Playground Title: MP3 Rating: Release Date: 23 March, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Spoonfed 2: Blood In Alphabet Soup 3: No Ones Boy 4: Hotter Than The Sun 5: Rock And Roll Heroes 6: Jesse Went To Way 7: Flag And Finger 8: Deadly Handsome Man 9: Punk Rock Superstar 10: Paper Dolls 11: Death Of A Cheerleader 12: Brand New Day 13: Sleepy Eyes 14: Barfly

Editoral Review But it's also an ironic one that largely fulfills the band's original post-grunge pop promise, albeit a bit after that parade has past. A half-decade after their pair of late 90's major label albums suffered an all too familiar fate (promising debut; sophomore jinx) singer/songwriter Steve Wozniak and Marcy Playground have mounted a game, indie comeback attempt here. During an era when many a modern rock band have made sharp U-turns into the 80's (or in some cases, the 70's) for their inspirational jangle 'n' crunch, Wozniak and company (original MP bassist Dylan Keefe, new drummer Gonzalo Martinez) have stubbornly refined and focused their original sound on standouts like the Nirvana-channeling "Blood in Alphabet Soup" and "Sleepy Eyes," "Hotter Than the Sun's" cautionary, autobiographical musings and the thrash-pop irony of "Punk Rock Superstar. " Woz's droll, expressive vocals reflect a lost innocence that's bittersweet and all too familiar, wed to a musical sense that's stubbornly true to itself, third wave of de rigeur garage rock wannabes be damned. -- Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Marcy Playground discography, or go back to the Marcy Playground tabs