WE&AR lags a mite in its middle - the duo taking the studio playfulness thing too far, layering radio chatter on top of Rigby's otherwise wonderful Jimmy Buffet tribute "A Taste of the Keys," than following it with a nattering instrumental sound collage reminiscent of Yaz's distracting "I Before E Except After C." But it quickly regains its pacing with one of the set's most explicit pop-rock treats, "Please Be Nice to Her," about a girl "who's not as switched-on as she looks." The disc concludes with its one cover, a duet of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" that sounds like it could've come out of the '60's Vanguard Era. Makes you think that - with enough attention from their respective cult fan bases - these two could be a more egalitarian Richard & Mimi Farina. Not a bad career track to take...
"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Article comments