2024 Charity Shop Purchases #6 - Matthew Sweet - Sunshine Lies
Lets face it I was never about to turn down the opportunity to pick up a Matthew Sweet CD from a charity shop.
From August 2008 on the Shout! Factory label Sunshine Lies is his 10th studio. It becomes the 5th of his on the shelves but is the only one that was not released in the 90s.
I was a bit unsure after the first listen but subsequent plays have reassured me. Reviews were mixed with AllMusic giving it 3.5/5 but concluding that it is easily Sweet's liveliest record since the '90s, giving his sweet, sighing harmonies a candied warmth and his rockers some real bite.
Guests include Robert Lloyd and also Susannah Hoffs with whom he had just begun the series of Under the Covers albums
If you like guitar driven power pop (and you should) you will not be disappointed.
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