Gentle Readers
Hi Honey
HiHoney is the third release from Atlanta, Georgia’s Gentle Readers—seminal indie quartet playing this country’s very keenest rock and roll music. In the tradition of great American guitar bands like the Vulgar Boatmen (singer Susan Fitzsimmons used to be a Boatman), the Readers take taut guitar playing and original song structure and mix it up with a bit ‘o that Southeastern humid jangle.
The Gentle Readers are highly adept at striking a balance between dynamic electric folk rock and transcendent pop, and with HiHoney, they’ve done it better than ever. The first track, Lunchhour, perfectly captures the essence of the album: winsome, driving and melodic. It is a sound and attitude that carries through all the tracks—from the 12-string strumming of Center of the Universe and the 60’s style beach jam of Difficult through the Fleetwood Mac-ish album closer, California Pt. 2.
And there’s a nice AM radio cover of Sade’s Sweetest Taboo in there as well.
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