Swell - Everything is good (Beggars Banquet)
Still paying off the last of their student loan to Pavement Swell
manage to find a niche alongside their heroes. While the tired drawl
that slips in here and their has a large T.M. of Stephen Malkus
alongside it and Spiral Stairs' younger brother has found a part-time
job here as lead guitar, Swell still manage to side-step charges of
cloning. Instead of the unsteady squalls of guitar and the occasional
screams that mark a Pavement track Swell come across with clarity. The
lyrics cut to a chase where Malkus would obfuscate and the guitar
licks still end up a good deal more wholesome. There are even trumpets.
by Rob Lowe
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