Formed in 1995 by Matt Sharp (ex-Weezer) and Rachel Haden (ex-That Dog!), seminal neo-new wave pioneers, The Rentals return revamped with an equally exhilarating sound for a new decade. The Rentals are set to release their first new material since Seven More Minutes over 8 years ago. The Last Little Life EP will wet the palette for a full-length of new material expected to follow.

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Coming a full eight years after the release of Seven More Minutes, the Rentals' The Last Little Life EP is a wonderfully pleasant surprise. Nowhere as jokey as the debut or as glossy as Seven More, the disc is low-key, understatedly sweet and melancholy with just the right mix of studio polish and simplicity. As on the first two records, Matt Sharp has a knack for writing hooks that sound familiar yet exactly right; every song sounds like a lost hit of '90s alt rock radio. He's still not t   [ read more ]

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Alongside his stint as the bass player for the ever-beloved Weezer, Matt Sharp found time to put out a record from a little side project of his, and unknowingly dropped a surprisingly influential album on the ears of many a listener. Taking a bit of the harmony loving pure-pop songwriting skills honed in his other band, Sharp topped off the Rentals with plenty of Moog powered keyboard flair and ended up with an album that ushered back in a new wave of cheesy electro-keyboard pop with a res   [ read more ]

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