2009-05-11
Zach Vinson's Cracked Open is a fun power-pop record full of catchy hooks and fun guitar-pop, with the occasional slower number like "All the Sins of Men" and "Locked Outside". Through and through it's pretty fun and energetic, with songs like the rocking opener "Little Birdie", the piano laden "So Much to Blame", and the danceable "Christee Christee", which is further proof that there aren't any songs with girls names in the title that don't rule.
JOE SWANK & THE ZEN PIRATES
HANK WILLIAMS DIED FOR MY SINS
Keren Ann
Not Going Anywhere
Richard Shindell
Not Far Now
MAGGIE BJORKLUND
Coming Home
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
SLAID CLEAVES
SORROW & SMOKE LIVE AT THE HORSESHOE LOUNGE
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