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    Rick Andersonwww.amsounds.com.) ~ Rick Anderson
    All Music Guide

    Say this for AM: the man comes by his lazy oots rock sound honestly. Born in Oklahoma and raised in and around New Orleans, AM sings with a laid-back drawl and writes songs that rarely rise above a moderate level of emotional intensity or a cruising, middle-of-the-road tempo. Interestingly, his most obvious vocal referent is Ian McCullough -- try spinning "Playing the Game" for friends over the age of 35 and ask them to guess the band, and it's a good bet they'll ask you which Echo & the Bunnymen B-side it is. The album's feature single is "Mainstay," which features the program's most aggressive drums along with some really pretty 12-string guitar and the album's only truly indelible hook. "City Syndrome" is also noteworthy, though, with its Weezer-meets-the Beach Boys backing vocals and summer evening vibe. The album closes with the lovely, minimalist "Losing You." A year after AM's release in 2004, the label released a remix EP featuring "Mainstay" along with four drastic (and often aggressively echno) rearrangements of that song, as well as a CD-R video track. It's worth picking up, but good luck finding it -- as of this writing, very few online outlets were offering it. (Try going direct to www.amsounds.com.)

Troubled Times
over 2 years ago

Debut album that I can't seem to find on Mog anywhere?

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Impossible to Google
over 2 years ago

...and it seems a little hard to find on Mog also. www.myspace.com/amsounds

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Troubled Times
over 2 years ago

Debut album that I can't seem to find on Mog anywhere?

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AM OPENING FOR MICHAEL PENN & EAST COAST DATES
over 2 years ago

Hi everyone. For those that live on the East Coast---coming your way. If you happen to be planning on coming to any of the shows, make sure and say "hello" and tell me that you are on MOG.... I'll give you a Mainstay Remix cd with the Mainstay music video ...free of course. Most shows are very intimate affairs, please don't hesitate to come up and say hello.www.amsounds.comwww.myspace.com/ams...

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Impossible to Google
over 2 years ago

...and it seems a little hard to find on Mog also. www.myspace.com/amsounds

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