
It took me a few listens before I started to appreciate this Team Genius full length. Varying in approach from song to song, Team Genius leader Drew Hermiller and his band fill out this record with a little bit of everything. Good entertainment, complete with the bright horns and falsettos of opener "Take Me Home"; the carnivalesque "Sing Song"; and the warm comfort kum-by-ya of "While We're Asleep"; all coming together with surprising continuity. Of the album's varied notions, Hermiller says: "Basically it's a reaction to the modern way music is consumed and listened to, ...The [...]