Got my shill hat on here:

The CRAFTMATIC ADJUSTABLES are SF East Bay Area band headed by Karl Jan
Lubbe, a former member of the Flying Colors Retailing Brigade. Not Lame now
has the new Craftmatics CD in stock, so I thought I'd pop in here and give
you a link  and heads-up to check this one out.

Here's the link:
http://www.notlame.com/AUGUST_-_New_CDs/THE_CRAFTMATIC_ADJUSTABLES/Page_2/CDCRAFTMATIC1.html

Karl Jan Lubbe's two favorite songwriters are Randy Newman and Harry
Nilsson, and this CD shows those influences in the humor and playfulness
found in the songs. Stylistically, the closest "recommended if you like"
comparison would be something along the lines of WEEN meets THEY MIGHT BE
GIANTS.

Among the 14 tracks on "Girl Talk" are three cover songs--- and I doubt
seriously (or humorously) if anyone has previously covered these on a pop
CD... the theme song from the Chuck Connors TV show "Branded", "The Greatest
Adventure" from the animated 'Hobbit' and "Whale of a Tale" from '20,00
Leagues Under the Sea'. Hear and believe!

That leaves 11 original songs--- and "Tiny Tear Lake" is a front-runner to
make my year-end compilation disc. I'm not sure how to neatly categorize the
music here--- there are sure elements of power pop with some crunch, some
harmonies and some sticky sweet melodies, so I'll just urge to give it a
listen and order it up from Bruce at Not Lame.

Peace!

Joe Field
Flying Colors Comics <http://flyingcolorscomics.com>
Concord CA