I picked up "The Fine Art Of Self Destruction" when Uncut named it their 
"album of the month" a few issues back (the equivalent of a NotLame 
"extremely highly recommended").

Yes, it has a definite Ryan Adams influence to it. In my opinion, that's a 
good thing. Your mileage may vary.

>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com>
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: jesse malin
>Message-ID: <20030624131426.2377.qmail@web13405.mail.yahoo.com>
>
>  Yes it is he. As for what higher art he has chosen, I
>would call it a watered down Ryan Adams. He and Ryan and
>good friends and RA produced, played, sang and I think
>even co-wrote some of the songs.
>  I downloaded the import version of this CD last year and
>was highly disappointed in it. I know a lot of folks love
>this album, but I cannot get my ears around it. It just
>sounds like he is trying to hard to sound like Ryan Adams.
>I do know that some folks who hated the record have given
>him his props when it comes to a live show.
>
>  michael vg
>

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