Search - Superdrag :: Regretfully Yours

Rock and Roll made the way it should be....

Daniel F Aylward | Cincinnati, Ohio United States | 11/03/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This record came out soon after the death of grunge, and I couldn't have been happier. The songs found here are top-notch. The opening one-two punch of Slot Machine and Phaser set the tone for the whole album. Ringing lead guitars, propulsive drums and compelling vocals. The electric crunch of third track Carried and it's addictive melody hooked me from the first listen. Lead singer John Davis is one of the finest American songwriters still working today, on the level of a Brian Wilson or an Alex Chilton. Melodies, rhythms, lyrics all combine to create a rocking pop sound that will not leave any true music lover disappointed. Other stand-outs include minor-hit Sucked Out, Destination Ursa Major, the desperate Nothing Good is Real, and album closer Rocket."

Well-crafted pop with bite

Daniel F Aylward | 10/22/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like guacamole, I like music with some bite. This Superdrag delivers in all the best ways. Take the melodic sense and vocal range of Elvis Costello and superimpose it on the guitar noodlings of Swervedriver, Superchunk and the oft-overlooked Canadian shoe-gazers Mystery Machine and you start to get an idea of what Superdrag are all about. Add in the occasional Nirvana-esque guitar whines and metal-head riffs and you're getting closer. And just when you think you've got them pigeon-holed, the insanely poppy single "Sucked Out" kicks in at track number 4 and turns everything upside down. And just when "Sucked Out" starts to sound like the poppiest song ever, singer John Davis pulls off the decade's raspiest vocal deliver in the choruses. Get that man a throat lozenge! Regretfully Yours... in title only; you will not regret buying this record, or my name's not Stove."

Great Album by a truly underrated band!

jerseydino | APO, AP United States | 04/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw Superdrag open for Weezer in Denver at the Ogden Theater right after "Pinkerton" came out. I went out and bought "Regretfully Yours" the next day. The songs are absolutely beautiful and rockin' at the same time. Bitter-sweet pop songs with an edge - No joke, this record made me go out and buy a guitar too. It kind of sounds to me like what you would get if Brian Wilson had written and sang for...The Replacements for example. It's one of the few albums I can listen to all the way through without skipping a single track and I think that's a rarity in music."