FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE acoustic w/opener JON AUER of THE POSIES

Genre: Pop Rock

Related Artists: Weezer, Rooney

A rare full-band acoustic performance, featuring songs from their upcoming album-in-progress as well as material spanning their entire career!

In late 2003, Fountains of Wayne received a flattering, but rather puzzling, "Best New Artist" Grammy nomination (one of two categories in which they were named that year). This certainly made long-time fans chuckle; those in the know knew that Welcome Interstate Managers, the album that spawned the ubiquitous "Stacy's Mom" and topped critics' polls everywhere, was actually the New York-based group's third collection of melodic pop/rock gems. And far from being a flash in the pan, the quartet was considered by many to be — in the words of Robert Christgau — "peerless" and "true art heroes", or as Entertainment Weekly called them, "America's greatest extant rock and roll band." But FOW couldn't help enjoying the new-found attention as they began headlining bigger venues, topping charts on MTV and VH1, and appearing on a "Now That's What I Call Music" compilation CD next to the likes of Jay-Z, Nickelback and Black Eyed Peas.

Now, after a long silence broken only by occasional snoring and the release of the 2005 b-side compilation Out-Of-State Plates (which CNN called "better than 95% of most bands' official releases"), Fountains of Wayne return with a brand new 14-song set, Traffic and Weather, which further demonstrates the musical range, wit, and eye for narrative detail that have become their trademarks. The new record finds the band continuing to reimagine early 60's jangle, late 60's psychedelia, 70's classic rock, 80's New Wave, 90's alt-rock, and contemporary pop in their own inimitable style — this time against an even richer, more varied sonic backdrop of lush harmony vocal stacks, staccato horn blasts, pulsating analog keyboards, slinky bass lines, and deep grooves. There's even some banjo in there somewhere, just in case. And, of course, lots of guitars...chiming, crunching, strumming, and occasionally twanging.

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