The Mirrors and Uncle Sam

John Guilt, The Mirrors and Uncle Sam (IMPORT; Munich Records)--The former songwriter from Maestro Echoplex (Andrew Spencer Goldman) returns with a band (John Berry, TJ Lipple), a namme change, and a fuller sound for an impressive debut full-length. Whereas the Maestro ep was primarily an acoustic, "Mirrors" confidently allows the songs to lead them into more varied terrain. The result is a big, fearless record, giant steps beyond previous work and indicative of things yet to come. And a Tom Waits cover, to boot. Recorded by Chad Clark at Silver Sonya/Inner Ear during most of 2002. "A lovely and sad anti-paean to modern America." --75orless.com