Review - EAR CANDY mag, August 2004:
Lost Weekend,"The Art of Wasting Time"
This is a great batch of lost REM songs from 1983 - WAIT! These are NEW songs. Lost Weekend sounds amazingly like REM circa 1983. But if you sound too much like an established band you lose your own band identity. There are some good lyrics & arrangements - especially on "Pretending" & "Endless Summer". And gotta say - putting a Beatles cover ("I'll Be Back") is a very ballsy move! But Lost Weekend delivers a interesting alt-country rendition - great version. Lots of potential, but I can't give these buys a higher rating when there are bands like NEO that take inspiration from older music AND make it their own. Less REM and more Lost Weekend and I think we'll have some great results. Very enjoyable, but a little derivative.Rating: 3 out of 5
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