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Hometown: Austin, TX
Label: Big Digi (indie)
Management: Susanthemeticulas
Sounds Like: Wilco, Steve Miller Band, Parthenon Huxley, Jason Falkner, Quiet Company
Genre: Alternative
Are You Feeling Anything Yet? is the title of the former Blue Cartoon frontman's solo album, and you'd have to be six feet under to remain unmoved by this collection of catchy-as-hell pop rock. Hooks, melodies and yet more melodies burst out of these songs like rapid fire from an automatic weapon, beginning with "She's Gone", a quite brilliant song McElhenny wrote for Blue Cartoon that sounds better given the Buzzie treatment.
Musically, Buzzie have all the depth of a thin and crispy pizza, but the band never try to be a Radiohead or Ryan Adams equivalent. Instead, with a pop songwriter as talented as McElhenny at the helm, they wisely stick to their strengths and the result is an album of sheer pop bliss.
Andrew Ellis - popmatters.com
“You'd have to be six feet under to remain unmoved by this collection of catchy-as-hell pop rock. Songs like "Beautiful Beautiful", "My Little World of Love" and "I'm Inside You" are like manna from heaven for fans of Elvis Costello, The Loveless or other such power pop aficionados.”
Andrew Ellis - Pop Matters
“First class all the way. There's plenty of roots-jangle exuberance to please the most casual pop fan, but it's a spirit in the songs' performances that really make this one so special for all.”
Bruce - Not Lame Recordings
“Rootsy power pop that illustrates what a difference a vocalist makes. And McElhenney has a splendid voice, which effortlessly hits all the right notes. Love songs are just so much more effective when the singer sounds like he's in love.”
Michael Bennett - Fufkin
“Every nook and cranny is jam-packed with great, melodic, jangly guitar-driven numbers, tasty Hammond organ bits, heartfelt vocals + great playing! Catchy as heck! You bet we’re feeling it!”
Kool Kat Music
