Grandaddy

[veganboy]

I already posted this in the "Other Musical Artists" forum, but perhaps my question will be met with a quicker response here:

Best Buy is selling Grandaddy's album <I>The Sophtware Slump</I> for $7.99. Do you reckon that I ought to buy this?

[i am a cat.]

All I've heard from Grandaddy is "The Crystal Lake," which was I thought was good but not wonderful IMHO.

There was a thread about it awhile ago: http://www.atforumz.com/showthread.p...threadid=29483

Here's what the review on CDNOW had to say about the album:

<i>"Wistful but not sappy, and courting drizzly weather even on its bouncy songs, Grandaddy has a hometown-band-makes-good feel, lacing its tunes with a faint country rock that's authenticated by the band's Modesto, CA, roots. The Sophtware Slump's yelped-out melancholia is embroidered with loopy, Sgt. Pepper-style psychedelic borders, while Radiohead-ish orchestrations seep into the arrangements. Grandaddy's songs would stagger under the weight of their Flaming Lips and Radiohead influences, but for a tousled, puppy-dog charisma and a winning humility that shines through the quirk. At their best, Grandaddy reaches the pop Zen mastery of the Monkees' "The Porpoise Song." Just as the latter was a perfect distillation of '60s peace 'n' luv then, Grandaddy's tunes exemplify the kind of back-porch verities and underachiever soul that strike a true chord now."</i>

[Antigone]

I was waiting for my bf to stop his browsing in Barnes and Noble so I wandered to the listening station and put on this CD.

The music started out fine.

Then the singer started screeching. I had to immediately remove the headphones from my head.

Shame.

Antigone

[Depresso77]

I dig Grandaddy. I reccomend The Sophtware slump.....it's a good record. Kinda OK Computer-esque.