Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! BETTER THAN THIS - NORMALS (CHRISTIAN) (THE) (1998) NEW Born and raised in Normal, Illinois (where else?), this college-aged trio has been playing music together since grade school. They blend classic harmonies, lyrical insight, and spirited guitars on "Everything,"the title track, and more modern folk rock. Hook-filled pop rock; nasal, aching lead vocals coupled with soaring harmonies. Decent songwriting with self-effacing humor courtesy of Andrew Osenga's lyrics, which sometimes seem a little downtrodden, if observant (in one song, "Everything," the singer, not knowing how to comfort a sad waitress, says, "I leave a tip like I think Jesus would"). Sometimes the band is weighed down by an intentional obscurity -- the title track, for example, sounds fantastic, but doesn't make much sense, though not in a profitable way (e.g., the surreal imagery of R.E.M.'s "Wendell Gee"). A nice combination of aural textures helps things along -- acoustic and distorted electric guitars couple; Steve Hindalong whaps the drums with authority and even the weaker cuts are hummable. A nice debut, if a little thin. Track listing 1. Better Than This 2. Song and Dance 3. Someone to Believe 4. Everything (Apron Full of Stains) 5. What I Cannot Earn 6. I Need You 7. If Tomorrow Was Forever 8. What's Ailing Norman? 9. Daddy's Girl 10. Running From the Sun 11. Forgive 12. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 13. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 14. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 15. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 16. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 17. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 18. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 19. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 20. (Untitled) - (hidden track) 21. (Untitled) - (hidden track)

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