Is
it wrong that I felt like I was going to enjoy this cassette before I listened
to it because a) He shares my first name and b) it looks like an old school
cassette layout with the artwork? Okay,
on one hand though, Burger Records does release a large number of cassettes
with the throwback look and I’m not at all biased upon them (I dislike most of
them), so oh well.
You
know what one thing that strikes me right off about this cassette is
though? He has a line in one of his
songs that goes “And you will give a holiday my name”. If this means “National Joshua Day”, count
me in! I’m actually starting a Joshua
Club, for those of us named Joshua and are of a certain age because when I was
growing up no one shared my name and now there’s a bunch of kids running around
with it.
From
The Beatles to Bob Dylan, to songs about never being able to be clean. From Ben Kweller to Bryce Avery, there is
also some twee and “Walking On a Wire” era Get Up Kids. He
brings out a harmonica at one point as well, and there is just this overall
cross between pop and something funky like Buddy Holly.
At
its core, “Full Flight” can best be heard as a pop rock cassette (And don’t get
me started on Tom Petty cassettes again) and pop rock is such a broad genre
that I don’t like saying it, but if you’re wondering whether or not this will
appeal to you odds are that it will.
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