Advocate Article
At the risk of sounding like a patronizing relic, I’ll say that you wouldn’t think that “Generation Z” could produce something as organic-sounding as this album. Though their Americana-laced roots rock does occasionally betray postmillennial influences like The Strokes or Franz Ferdinand, it’s ultimately traceable back to The Band, Van Morrison and Graham Parsons via Eddie Vedder/The Wallflowers, and you can clearly hear the Bernini/McNamara NRBQ production values. The songs sound like they’ve been written by a band that’s been on the road for a decade, nursing hangovers in Midwestern diners, changing flats on the Econoline and spending every moment in between thinking about a guitar part or processing terabytes of intense human experience into thoughtful, empathic lyrics. The CD release party is May 28 at the Iron Horse with The Sun Parade and Goat Boy. —Tom Sturm