Boulder Acoustic Society: Punchline (Capsule Reviews)
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Colorado quartet gets goofy on a hit-and-miss onslaught of ethno-eclecticism.
You have to hand it to Boulder Acoustic Society's singer/songwriter/accordionist Scott McCormick for the diversity of the material on Punchline, an album that takes on gospel, soul, piano ballads, pop ditties, Pixies-style freakouts, and Eastern Bloc ethno-rock. This range of sounds means, however, the record is a mish-mash with a wide variety not only of sonic templates but also of overall quality. For every moment of ambitious songcraft, like “The Addressee”, a tragic love story set during World War I, there's a half-serious throwaway like the ironic dork wobble croon of “Sunset”, and the album gets more bizarre as it…
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