
Dan Bryk is a tinkerer. His Facebook page describes various technical endeavors including this recent one: "rewiring the TV/DVD/itunes-through-airport extreme/old-mac-running-boxee/ stereo". At the moment he's working on reinventing the wheel. His version of the wheel anyway. Which for him is the standard age-old pop song. Like the wheel, there's little one can do to reinvent pop. But for Dan each clever turn of phrase, jangly guitar, layer of odd instrumentation, and overdubbed vocal is a revelation. And with every release he continues to upgrade, update, and redefine what is possible from the simple pop song. [...]