Slowly working myself back into the mix, and I could use some good tunes to help me out. But the angst-ridden suburban rock of Wild Sweet Orange isn’t what I’m looking for, mostly because I’m not right out of high school and don’t live with my parents anymore. I spiel onward for Metromix:
Wild Sweet Orange, We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
Winsome tales of playing football in the front yard while the family falls apart on “Sour Milk.” Speaking in tongues in the bathroom on the adult-alternative weeper “Ten Dead Dogs.” Stomach aches over love and loss in the living room on “Tilt.” Can you tell Wild Sweet Orange needs to get out of the house? Perhaps so, but its songs of stifled youth are ear candy for Generation Xbox and beyond. The epic “Aretha’s Gold” takes a tortured trip through bedrooms, gardens, schools and swimming pools before reaching its emo apotheosis nearly seven minutes later in a maelstrom of distortion and Lovinggood’s worn-out throat. Kids seeking catharsis should find home here; for the rest of us, well, these oranges are an acquired taste… MORE
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