Album Reviews

GRANDADDY

Under the Western Freeway

2012-12-03

When Under the Western Freeway was first released in 1997, I wrote it off as uninteresting and a bit too quiet. Perhaps my tastes have changed over the years. Upon listening to Grandaddy's first full-length in its entirety, fifteen years later I'm a convert. Consisting of Jason Lytle's breathy vocals over fuzzy guitar and analog synthesizer, Grandaddy's music has a dreamy quality to it. Add to this anthemic crescendos and themes of loneliness and you end up with pretty, though depressing stuff. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

all reviews | all rock reviews

More reviews tagged #Rock

reviewed 10/2008
SHAWN LEE
Under The Sun
reviewed 02/2004
Norah Jones
Feels Like Home
reviewed 02/2011
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT
reviewed 12/2009
DESOTO RUST
Highway Gothic
reviewed 05/2010
JACKIE GREENE
TILL THE LIGHT COMES
reviewed 01/2006
LUKE DOUCET
Broken (and other rogue states)

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.