Golden Smog is a "supergroup" of sorts, with several different members from different bands: Soul Asylum, the Jayhawks, and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. I like the Jayhawks and Soul Asylum, but as I have noted elsewhere, I am a huge fan of Wilco, and Tweedy's presence on this album is pretty much the only reason I bought it.
It's very listenable and it has some nice cuts on it, the title track being one of them and the friendly "5-22-02". But I obsess about Wilco sometimes and can't help but hear stuff on this album that sounds like them. For example, there are several songs that I swear start out like "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" (from Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot").
I really want to like this album, and I have tried several times. But there's something missing, some kind of pop or hook which would make me come back to it again. In the end it's just "average" as far as I'm concerned. I don't hate it, but .... well, I guess my take on it is, "Eeeeeeeeeh, it's ok."
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