Release Date:
03/01/2002
Artist:
Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller was just 15 when his alterna-band Radish was being hyped as the next Nirvana. At 18, Radish was washed up, and it seemed only a matter of time before hed be snorting rails with Corey Feldman. So its a pleasant surprise to hear the Texas-bred Kweller, now 20 and relocated to Brooklyn, New York, resurrected with this set of near-perfect power pop. Contagious riffs rub elbows with pointed lyrics as Kweller flexes a sensibility thats equal parts Weezer and Ben Folds, backed up with a confidence all his own.