Is This it? b/w Nothing At All To Write Home About |
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Nothing at All To Write Home About is about an abduction by a femme fatale which may or may not have happened, with some amazing slide guitar by Charlie Ward, one of my guitar heroes. The other songs from this session were One More Time, All My Friends from Greece, and If I Did It Again So Would You (formerly Mismatch from The Dads). Barney Pilgrim plays bouzouki and fiddle on One More Time and John Plymale plays Euphonium which is basically a tuba that you can carry around with you, sort of. Charlie Ward's guitar on that song reminds me of the guitar on the Velvet Underground's 'Heroin' and just by coincidence this is a drug song too. MATT BARRETT - REVIEW
This is certainly one of the year's finest pop 45s from North Carolina. (101 Lindsay St., Carrboro, NC 27510)
MATT BARRETT: Is This It?/Nothing At All To Write Home About (Ruse Records, 101 Lindsay St, Carrboro, NC 27510) Instantly memorable! Barrett, along with assorted NC superstars, effortlessly come up with a plethora of vocal/guitar melodic hooks that make commercial radio sound lame by comparison. With a voice reminiscent of Pete Townshend's sweetest tones and knack for catchy, classic chord progressions, Barrett is certainly the archetypal "undiscovered local talent" that major labels hunger for, a la Tommy Keene. A side pulses sneakily into your mental list of summer tunes; B side rocks like Chilton on an inspired evening, neat slide guitar in there, solid drumming. Essential listening. Produced by Wes Lachot |