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After recording the first
Diane Coffee
record by himself, sometimes on his phone, in a small N.Y.C. apartment,
Shaun Fleming
recorded the second
album,
Everybody's a Good Dog
, in a relatively lush studio in his new hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. Working with a large group of collaborators, including his
Foxygen
bandmates, and a larger palette of instruments that includes horns and strings,
Fleming
takes the intimate, loosely warped pop of
My Friend Fish
and blows it up into an expansive rainbow that includes elements of
Motown
, dub reggae, classic '60s bubblepop, '70s glam rock, and psychedelic R&B; jamming them together into a glittering ball of sound. While the horns, strings, and guitars swoop and swoon around him,
's feather-light vocals command attention whether he's crooning sweetly or weaving through the mix like a drunken sailor. The mix of blown-out instruments, stuffed-to-the-gills arrangements, and
's showstopping singing would be enough to make the album worth hearing to anyone who ever liked a
David Bowie
album from the '70s, a
Flaming Lips
album from the '90s, or even a
album. But the songs are what pushes it beyond merely being a bright, shiny toy that flares and burns out quickly.
proves something of a whiz at crafting strutting rockers that snap and pop like nobody's business, like the showy "Mayflower," which is a weird mix of
the Black Crowes
and
Wake Up!
-era
Boo Radleys
, or the whip-smart, vintage synth-filled "GovT." It threatens to go over the top at times, but
always pulls things back from the edge just in time with a big hook or a crafty shift in tone. He also makes sure to add some songs that scale back the crazy in favor of a more subdued approach, as on the slinky "Soon to Be, Won't to Be" or the couple of doo wop ballads that sound like a ducktailed
Bowie
singing with
Mud
, only weirder. The soul influence comes out strongest on "Everyday," an upbeat jam that
Sly & the Family Stone
might have cut if they lived on Sesame Street, and the duet with
Ava Luna
's
Felicia Douglass
, cannily titled "Duet," that has plenty of relaxed soul. It all makes for a fun and heady mix of sound and vision, easy to love for the surface flash while just as satisfying on a deep dive.
may have lost some of the outsider charm that bubbled through the first
record by going big, but he went big in such a sure-handed and spectacular way, it's hard to complain too much. In fact, an album this crazy and good deserves nothing but praise and adulation. ~ Tim Sendra
Diane Coffee
record by himself, sometimes on his phone, in a small N.Y.C. apartment,
Shaun Fleming
recorded the second
album,
Everybody's a Good Dog
, in a relatively lush studio in his new hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. Working with a large group of collaborators, including his
Foxygen
bandmates, and a larger palette of instruments that includes horns and strings,
Fleming
takes the intimate, loosely warped pop of
My Friend Fish
and blows it up into an expansive rainbow that includes elements of
Motown
, dub reggae, classic '60s bubblepop, '70s glam rock, and psychedelic R&B; jamming them together into a glittering ball of sound. While the horns, strings, and guitars swoop and swoon around him,
's feather-light vocals command attention whether he's crooning sweetly or weaving through the mix like a drunken sailor. The mix of blown-out instruments, stuffed-to-the-gills arrangements, and
's showstopping singing would be enough to make the album worth hearing to anyone who ever liked a
David Bowie
album from the '70s, a
Flaming Lips
album from the '90s, or even a
album. But the songs are what pushes it beyond merely being a bright, shiny toy that flares and burns out quickly.
proves something of a whiz at crafting strutting rockers that snap and pop like nobody's business, like the showy "Mayflower," which is a weird mix of
the Black Crowes
and
Wake Up!
-era
Boo Radleys
, or the whip-smart, vintage synth-filled "GovT." It threatens to go over the top at times, but
always pulls things back from the edge just in time with a big hook or a crafty shift in tone. He also makes sure to add some songs that scale back the crazy in favor of a more subdued approach, as on the slinky "Soon to Be, Won't to Be" or the couple of doo wop ballads that sound like a ducktailed
Bowie
singing with
Mud
, only weirder. The soul influence comes out strongest on "Everyday," an upbeat jam that
Sly & the Family Stone
might have cut if they lived on Sesame Street, and the duet with
Ava Luna
's
Felicia Douglass
, cannily titled "Duet," that has plenty of relaxed soul. It all makes for a fun and heady mix of sound and vision, easy to love for the surface flash while just as satisfying on a deep dive.
may have lost some of the outsider charm that bubbled through the first
record by going big, but he went big in such a sure-handed and spectacular way, it's hard to complain too much. In fact, an album this crazy and good deserves nothing but praise and adulation. ~ Tim Sendra
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