SLEEPING BAG & ROZWELL KID - DREAMBOATS (CD)

Dreamboats may seem an unlikely name for an album that focuses on the introspective ramblings of men who spend a lot of time justifying the purchase of expensive samurai swords and eating dog food as a potato chip substitute. But these are the major conflicts considered by this joint effort between Sleeping Bag and Rozwell Kid. Dreamboats plumbs a serious emotional depth that belies its outwardly silly surface. The album balances harmonic hooks with depression; anxiety reveling in alt-rock glory. “Every now and then, I get the urge to decimate something that I tell myself I can’t live without.” Cue guitar solo. (Written by Eric Taylor)

Available on extra-modern compact disc format.