Lateness of the Hour - Want It All

Lateness of the Hour

Gresham's favorite son Eric Matthews has returned with another dose of warm, seductive hits begging to jump into your lap. You've heard the term "radio-friendly"? Anything on The Lateness of the Hour is downright radio-enraptured. Matthews's striking melodies and graceful arrangements recall several whistle stops along the pop music timeline, visiting and grazing on painstaking '60s sophisticates like Phil Spector, George Martin, Brian Wilson, and their gentle, non-bombastic use of strings and horns on "To Clear The Air" and "Gilded Cages." From there, it's time for a snack of slick, soulful '70s Top-40 taffy by Gerry Rafferty, Walter Egan, Orleans, Seals & Crofts, and Little River Band, among others, followed by a dash of wistful '80s whiz kids like Sting, Richard Page, and Mark King on cuts like "Becomes So Dark" and "The Pleasant Kind." Clearly the man is a musical omnivore who has learned his lessons well, yet his too-smart-to-be-wimpy songs don't sound like they belong anywhere other than in the present, pulsing out of the stereo with the restorative powers of a hot bath after a day cutting cane in the fields. A few more intuitive artist-scholars of Matthews' stature would sure help me to make it through endless stacks of Collective Soul, 7 Mary 3, Reef, and other such no-brained nonsense. --John Chandler
Country USA
Manufacturer Sub Pop
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber AManPro-0056864
ReleaseDate 1997-08-26
UnitCount 1
UPCs 098787040425
EANs 0098787040425

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sub Pop
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	AManPro-0056864
ReleaseDate	1997-08-26
UnitCount	1
UPCs	098787040425
EANs	0098787040425