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The
'
bears an immediate and striking resemblance to the early
, from the scrappy, stripped down arrangements to
's vocals of uncertain pitch and lyrics that occasionally skirt into levels of TMI that verge on uncomfortable. (The title track, in which
steals his ex's coffeemaker, includes a line in which he casually asks if her new boyfriend has given her cystitis.) Cranky late-era Brit-poppers
, whose leader
uses the
as his backing band at his solo gigs and arranged the horn section on
is another point of comparison, as is Scandinavian oddball
, whose quirky, conversational style of storytelling
recalls on loopy tracks like
and the ukulele-powered
There are moments of melancholy, including the unexpectedly sad country-tinged ballad
and
a wistful duet with Paris-based anti-folk singer
, but the overall mood is wryly sardonic. The
are perhaps not quite good enough to shake off the ghosts of their obvious influences, but
is a quirky and quite often appealing listen. ~ Stewart Mason