VINYL FORMAT. After five years of comparisons to Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, Bright Eyes, and Spoon in rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and others, Bishop Allen has developed an artistry and sound unmistakably their own on Grrr. The lyrics, praised for their "poetic insight" in the LA Times, have a universality that resonates with listeners of all ages and earned champions ranging from the young comic actor Michael Cera to NPR host Scott Simon.

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It has long been an open secret that one of Steve Allen's lesser talents is as a composer/lyricist. After all, who else has written 6,800 songs and only had one hit ("This Could Be the Start of Something Big")? Singer George Bugatti, whose voice is reminiscent of Mel Torme's (although without the scatting), swings his way through a dozen of Allen's better pieces on this likable set. The interpretations are concise, the backup quintet (pianist Steve Rawlins, Gene Burkert on reeds, guita...   [ read more ]

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After five years of comparisons to Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, Bright Eyes, and Spoon in rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and others, Bishop Allen has developed an artistry and sound unmistakably their own on Grrr. The lyrics, praised for their "poetic insight" in the LA Times, have a universality that resonates with listeners of all ages and earned champions ranging from the young comic actor Michael Cera to NPR host Scott Simon.

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