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Wheat | Hope And Adams

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Tekst: Ariën Rasmijn

Publicatiedatum: 01 november 1999

Wheat are two guys from Massachussets who make beautiful, melodious indie-rock with melancholic, Tom Petty-like overtones and a slight hint of electronica. Their 1997 debut Medeiros is still a great record. Its rough edges and underdressed charm capture the promise of great things ahead. 'Hope and Adams' fulfills that promise. It is everything a second album should be: (even) better songs, better production and more variations. 11 of the 13 tracks take you somewhere quiet, sunny and reflective without bringing you down or becoming tacky. The two less interesting tracks ('More Than You’ll Ever Know', an excersise in industrial that should have stayed off the album and 'Roll The Road', a cut and dry rip-off of Petty’s Freefallin’) are way in the back-end of the record, so they’re easy to skip. This is the type of record you fall madly in love with. Already one of my favourites for ’99.

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