Jeff, I agree. They break no new ground, but then I don't expect them too. Coming from NJ myself, I love the lyrics. Looking forward to getting the real thing next week. michael --- AssociationWorks wrote: > I've been living with this album non-stop for the past three weeks. > I've been a FOW fan from day one. All I can say is if you like and "get" > their previous releases...Traffic & Weather is no different. It's definitely > not "indie"...there's no artistic pretense, indie posturing, or > introspective > lo-fi. It's all well-produced, wonderfully arranged pop music set to lyrics > about > everyday life...that you can draw metaphors to...or simply take at their own > fun > face value. > > If Pitchfork doesn't get it, oh well. Opinions are like a-holes...everyone > has one. Test drive for yourself. > > Jeff > > > > > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:19:48 +0000 > > From: "Gene Good" > > To: audities@smoe.org > > Subject: Foutains review at Pitchfork > > Message-ID: > > > > For those interested,The new Fountains of Wayne got a horrible review at > > Pitchfork today.Only got a 3.0.Now I know that no review is gospel,I do > have > > some doubt about this release.Pitchfork is tough sometimes ,but they have > > been very positive about some great pop music.They do tend to worship the > > indie more than the major.And I am hearing some good some bad > > elsewhere.Could it be this bad > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php