Blog: End Hits

Eef Barzelay - "Lose Big" Eef Barzelay's main gig, the New York-based band Clem Snide, finally dissolved during the making of Barzelay's second solo disc. Unlike his first disc, Bitter Honey , which was an entirely solo acoustic affair, this year's Lose Big is fully produced and arranged, with the songs getting caught in all kinds of sticky corners: pop, folk, soul, alt-country, and a dusting of rock. Barzelay is a terrific songwriter--sly, witty, and sardonic--but never at the expense of the pocket-sized mini-emotions in which pop songs traffic. In fact, Lose [...]