ARTIST: Tan Sleeve
TITLE: American Blood
LABEL: Cheft Records
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 51:53 min
SIZE:  75,3 MB
RIP DATE: Nov-09-2005
RELEASE DATE: May-05-2005
WEBSITE: http://www.tansleeve.com

Track List:

01. American Blood                             03:40
02. When Lindsey Buckingham Shaved His Beard   03:46
03. Baby Took A Good Man Down                  04:09
04. The Girls Like The Hits                    02:41
05. Mr. Combover                               04:27
06. Walk Me Through It                         02:56
07. Partly Girl, Portly Boy                    05:16
08. I Love The Way You Turn                    03:14
09. I'll Know It's Spring                      04:09
10. European Hard Candy                        02:41
11. Every Time He Breaks Your Heart            04:13
12. I'd Love It If You Broke My Heart          04:17
13. Time Poor                                  03:06
14. Condoleezza Will Lead Us                   03:18

Release Notes:

Tan Sleeve has that roots rock lineage all through
their sound, particularly on the weaving, polished
Crazy Horse-ish title track. However, they have a
great sense of humor with song titles like "When
Lindsay Buckingham Shaved His Beard", a tender but
smart pop ballad that sounds like it came from the
age of Fleetwood Mac's heyday. However, following
this tone makes "Baby Took A Good Man Down" and
later on "Every Time He Breaks Your Heart" too
syrupy or Bread-like. Yet when they go for short,
choppy tunes like "The Girls Like The Hits", they
are very good indeed. Ditto for the funny acoustic
pop and glowing duets on "Mr. Combover" and the XTC
circa Apple Venus "Walk Me Through It". Steve Barry
and Lane Steinberg create beautiful pop tunes
whether it's the up-tempo party romp of "Partly
Girld, Portly Boy" that brings Tom Petty doing his
own incarnation of "Satisfaction" while "I'll Know
It's Spring" reeks of the Rembrandts. Toss in a
breezy island attempt on "Time Poor" and the
dance-driven "Condoleezza Will Lead Us" with its
tint of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and you
have a quirky but good album.
