Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity
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Old 97's may have begun their days injecting their ragged, sandy alt-country with frenetic punk energy, but on this, their first record in four years, the focus is squarely on hooks, pop crunch and a sense of fun not always apparent in their recent records. Blame It on Gravity is a fevered, carbonated affair, especially on the jingly No Baby I, the extremely sticky My Two Feet and opener The Fool, which also benefits from a solid helping of Rhett Miller's tricky, narrative wordplay. But the band scores well on the slow numbers too—Color of a Lonely Heart Is Blue is a near-perfect country weeper for a...
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