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- Artist(s): Joe Pisapia
- Summary: Straightforward pop songs are this Boston band's specialty, and its latest release builds around its trademark sound with melodious guitars, sweeping vocal harmonies, and hook-filled songs.
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- Record Label: Republic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Do You Love Me | |
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We were young, twenty-one All those years ago In came the fascination Everything was out of control Alive, untried From thickets and from thorns Out... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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If you are looking for big-hearted, easy-to-swallow guitar pop, you could do much worse than Guster. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to do much better.
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A charming collection of breezy, hook-filled pop songs.
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Jan 11, 2011With Easy Wonderful, Guster has attained that perfect pop rock sound, yet hasn't abandoned its roots as an acoustic trio.
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Oct 22, 2010After 15 years of recording together, the members of Guster deliver their poppiest, most cohesive effort with Easy Wonderful.
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There's something happily uncomplicated--and at times proudly uncool--about his band's sixth album, Easy Wonderful, like a 1990s Baja hoodie that you can't bring yourself to throw out.
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If Guster can grow old and still sound so damn cheerful, maybe everything won't be so drab after all.
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The Tufts-bred pop rock quartet is still interested in layering varied instrumentation- banjos and synthesizers, warped electric guitars and clanging bells--to achieve different textures, Easy just feels a bit cleaner and less symphonically ambitious. But that doesn't mean it's less diverse.
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