And they deserve to be taken seriously, because “Wild At Heart” is more than another bit of evidence for my whole “country is the only genre to bother with what we used to call power pop” (because seriously, change the instrumentation and production here just a little and guys who still listen to Matthew Sweet or Fountains of Wayne or whatever would probably love this). Ian Mathers: It’s a shame Gloriana look like the cast of a new WB teen drama in their press photos it certainly almost kept me from taking them seriously.

Michaelangelo Matos: Now we know what all those mid-’70s harmonizers would have sounded like with digital vocal touching-up: like Cream of Wheat with all the texture removed. Sadly, there’s no way to take away the banal twang.Īnthony Easton: This is really a deserted summer for interesting country singles, or even shit that is fun enough to drink in the back yard to. She could unfurl a “Mission Accomplished” banner and I’d clap fervently.Īnthony Miccio: Take away the banal twang and this sounds a lot like one of Prince’s strummy spirituals (“7,” “Mountains”). The lyrics, to the extent they’re not just empty images, are pro-abstinence - keep your wildness in your heart/pants, boys and girls! Even worse, it’s produced by Matt Serletic, who is responsible for all the worst songs of the 1990s, including Collective Soul’s “The World I Know,” Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be,” and Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” But the jauntiness of mandolin keeps it from being too terribly stifling. “Wild At Heart” is musically formulaic for example, the chorus after the bridge has handclaps and minimal instrumentation. Martin Kavka: I must be a sucker for Cheyenne Kimball’s mandolin-playing.

Pharrell WilliamsĬheyenne Kimball’s second shot at the Jukebox works a hell of a lot better than her first… Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES.Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).

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