TEXTBOOK-BOXING DAY MASSACRE CD ex WOOLWORTHY TEXT BOOK

The latest album from Chicago's TEXTBOOK, engineered by Matt Allison (ALKALINE TRIO) and featuring ex members of Boss Tuneage favourites WOOLWORTHY

Jersey Beat says:
" A quick listen to this veteran Chicago band's fourth full-length and it sounds like power-pop. There's clean guitars, big chunky chords, and an engaging, energetic lead singer buoyed by harmony vocals and keyboards (sometimes a warm Hammond organ, sometimes a fizzy synth. ) But listen a little closer and you'll realize that it's not all lollipops and rainbows; there's a bittersweet wistfulness if not outright resignation about the futility of love in Textbook's "pop" love songs. Superchunk comes to mind as a prime comparison, although some of the band's sounds also mine the retro grooves of the Eighties "paisley underground. " Textbook mimes the catchiness and upbeat tempos of garagey power-pop, but it's deceptive: From the yearning of "Desperation Fee" to the brusque rejection of "Walking Out On You," these are not songs you want to throw on the next mix-CD you burn for your girlfriend. Not unless you're looking to dump her." - Jim Testa

Tracklisting:

OUTSIDE - DESPERATION FEE - THE WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING - AND BEWARE - LOTTERY - WALKING OUT ON YOU - CALLED MY BLUFF - WAITING ON ME - SEPTEMBER - WEDDING CAKE