THE WELL WISHERS "Jigsaw Days "

2008(NOT LAME) ￥1,764(taxin)

当ディストロでもリリース作が入荷するたびに売切れてしまうサンフランシスコのSpinning Jennies、そのJeff Sheltonｇが現在率いているパワーポップバンドがこのThe Well Wishers！！バンドとして進化はしていますが、PosiesやMatthew Sweet、Teenage Fanclubなどを思わせるへヴィーなギターとポップなメロディーは何も変わっていません。Jeffがホームレコーディングで何にも邪魔されずに作ってきたというピュアなポップソングが10曲、試行錯誤をパーフェクトな完成にいたるまで重ねてきたというマジなポップ職人。彼らを語る上でかかせないReplacementsや初期REMからの影響も大。リリースはNot Lameから。

Track Lisiting:
1. heroes
2. all the suckers
3. conscience breaking down
4. florida
5. drunk on the tilt-o-wheel
6. moving mountains
7. love lies
8. i don’t know
9. poor old man
10 is

MEMBER
Jeff Shelton (all noises)
Nick Laquintano
(most of the drumming)

SITE
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/thewellwishers

INFLUENCES
The Posies, Matthew Sweet, Jason Falkner, Nada Surf, Sloan, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Jellyfish, Redd Kross, Ash, Guided by Voices, BobMould/Husker Du, Grandaddy, Supergrass, Dodgy, New Pornographers, The Who, The Beatles, The Hollies, Cheap Trick, Queen, 10cc, ABBA, Fountains of Wayne, Superdag, Lazy Susan, Sleep Station, Wire, REM, X, The Connells, The Smiths, Chameleons UK, Squeeze, Split Enz, XTC, Guadalcanal Diary

BIOGRAPHY

REVIEW
"Jigsaw Days wastes no space, with every track hitting its mark. It harkens to those classic ’70s albums by the genre’s progenitors: back to basics and reaffirming what is great about powerful pop music."
- Amplifier Magazine

"...every track here shines like a diamond. With only ten tracks here, Shelton has cut the fat from this album and has given us power pop fans the red meat we crave. This is a worthy of top ten album for 2008 as well. A great release that will please fans and casual listeners alike.
- Powerpopaholic.Com

"If power pop were like a sports league, Jeff Shelton might be the frontrunner for MVP."
- Absolute Powerpop

"How is that The Well Wishers can be this good and still remain relatively unknown? Their fourth album, "Jigsaw Days," is as close to power pop perfection as you can get without being Squeeze.
- ReadJunk