Give up the ghost.

Review Score: (4/10)
I listened to this cd after reading several reviews on Pitchfork that disparaged Oasis. To wit: "Matthew Sweet is the regenerate Beatles imitator truly worthy of our affection." Hardly. This lo-fi recording is nothing like Oasis, nothing like the "Revolver" or "Rubber Soul"-era imitators from the UK I've come to enjoy. Maybe a stab at at later era? Who knows. Christopher Cross? R.E.M.? More likely. In any case, this stuff is tail-end 80s "alternative." Other bands (that still grasp the new melodic revolution, like Blink and Soundtrack of Our Lives) snatched up the term, much to the disgust of leftover 80s-philes who now give thumbs down to anything that doesn't remind them of their halcyon college radio days. Pitchfork and co., hubristic reviewers all: get over it. As for the casual reader, do yourself a favor and pick up anything by Canadian band Sloan. Even Teenage Fanclub is better than this.

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