Artist description 1979 meets 2001

Music Style Pop/Rock

Musical Influences XTC, Elvis Costello, Pixies, Thomas Dolby, Prefab Sprout

Group Members Sean Halleck - Guitar & Vocals::Glen Reynolds - Guitar & Vocals::James Driscoll - Bass&Vocals::Matt Kellum - Drums::Don Cento - Keyboards&Vocals

Albums A Few Possible Selections for the Soundtrack of Your Life

Press Reviews It's tempting to read into the title of Chomsky's 1999 debut with a certain wistfulness; such is the risk when you name your disc A Few Possible Selections for the Soundtrack of Your Life. The title is almost a gimme, an admission of guilt: You've heard these songs before. Only, you haven't, which is why this is a laudable disc deserving of its win in the best album category. Chomsky -- Glen Reynolds and Sean Halleck sharing duties on guitar and vocals, James Driscoll thumping out the pop-pop-POP behind the bass, Matt Kellum keeping the band and the beat on a short leash -- is too smart to wallow in the junkyard. They're not just collectors; they're builders, visionary revisionists who do more than polish the shine back onto ancient turds. These boys have the songs, which would sound palpable in any configuration -- turned down, slowed down, stripped down. They've chosen "new wave" for the presentation only because that's the vocabulary with which they're most familiar; you don't slam an author for writing in English just because it's, like, been done to death. A Few Selections bounces on its own eight feet. Each song may sound familiar, but never worn-out, never old. Which is why I listen to the disc when I want to hear yesterday but feel like tomorrow.—Robert Wilonsky

Location Dallas, TX - USA

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