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Rochester Fosgate is apparently a guy with an unlikely name (or maybe
more likely a pseudonym) and not a band. Presumably he's playing all
the instuments here, but I'm not sure--it's definitely a full band
sound. The songs here are mostly based on some nice acoustic guitar
work and are stylistically fairly diverse, ranging from a kind of
honky-tonky bluegrass-influenced sound ("Parents' Mistakes") to
straight-up indiepop ("Dr. Owner Operator") to a more Modest Mouse-y
sound ("Hold'em"). In fact, until I found out that it was one guy, I
had assumed that different band members were writing different songs.
It takes an unfortunate turn toward the grating for about 3 songs in
the second half, and the recording suffers from some poorly
miced/mixed drums, but for the most part this is a pretty enjoyable
and likable listen. If Rochester can sharpen up his editing instincts
and production values, I'll be interested to hear more from him. (mike.08.04)
Epilogue: It's now a couple of months later and I just wanted to add that the "doctor please don't operate on me" bit of "Dr. Owner Operator" still pops into my head from time to time, so dang, that's a catchy song.
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