The 'Heads struck their creative peak mid-90s, boasting lucid, uncluttered sonic motifs with a measured dollop of quirky panache, a la contemporaries the Sugarplastic, and predating what the Shins would be bringing down the pike in a few years to come. Delicate to a fault the, Mommyheads in the Twenty-first Century are an even cleaner and leaner trio of pop troubadours than past endeavors suggested. Delicate Friction is still very much the brainchild of the Mommyheads of yore, with an emphasis steeped in the casual ebb and flow of Turin Brakes, thirty-something Sloan, and the more ballad-esque persuasions of Fountains of Wayne. In short, the boys are maturing and mellowing out just like the rest of us, and even if you're a longtime fan there's nothing to be alarmed about. The trick will be whether the Mommyheads can lure in a few new sets of ears that have a taste for their ever-increasing refinement. Three live tracks are bonus-sized, including "Saints Preserve Us" from their aforementioned Flying Suit album. Delicate Friction is available now from Dromedary Records.
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The Mommyheads are one of the finest live bands I have ever seen. It is not possible to capture their full glory on any medium. You really have to see them to feel it. And knowing their songs makes the experience that much better. Imagine having a non-indulgent jam band, who are tight and geniuses practically all to yourselves. Their sonic explorations are never over the top ludicrous. They disassemble their tunes and repackage them in brief, inspired bursts. That gives you an idea of what it is like to see them live in a little club. And luckily, they will probably be playing little clubs, at least for awhile.
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