ARTIST: Herb Eimerman
TITLE: Just Barely Famous
LABEL: Self-released
GENRE: Pop
TIME: 55:59 min
SIZE: 72,7 MB
RIP DATE: May-20-2006
RELEASE DATE: Apr-20-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Inside Joke 02:59
02. Just Barely Famous 03:42
03. Unbreakable 03:44
04. Where I'm At With You 04:03
05. Our Fate Was Signed 03:49
06. The Attraction 03:28
07. The Ocean Is Blue 04:18
08. Stuck Inside A Cloud 04:08
09. Vanished Shadows 03:32
10. Puttin' My Things In A Suitcase 02:40
11. Tell Me Where 04:31
12. Make A Wish 02:24
13. Be Those Things 03:13
14. I Leave It All Up To You 02:42
15. Be Home Tonight 03:19
16. In Your Life 03:27
Release Notes:
2006 release from Herb Eimerman, who continues to
evolve this unique and special pop craft and gets
better and better with each release. "Just Barely
Famous" is his best yet. Eimerman (who was half of
The Nerk Twins, his group with Shoes-man Jeff
Murphy) has a unique way of recording that results
in a sound that is part Dwight Twilley echo, The
Everly Brothers, early Marshall Crenshaw,
mid/late-70`s Flamin` Groovies, Spongetones and
Shoes. Like we said, `unique`. For this record, the
"X" ingredient is co-writer (on six of the 16 songs
here) Swede Stefan Johansson. He tweaks and enhances
Eimerman`s formula bringing a new dynamic to it,
that seeths and seeps even into his own songs. Just
a bit more bite that, pleasureably, does not hurt,
but titilates. The 12 stringed guitars ring, echo
and refrain their way into your ear leaving only
happy memories and smiles. It`s a power pop
testimony loaded with jangly guitars, luscious
layered vocal harmonies and some of Eimerman`s
best-ever melodies.
BlogCritics.org has this to accurately say about
Eimerman`s music: "Musically, pop lovers like me`ll
pick up traces of Zion Illinois` finest, not to
mention bits of later Flamin` Groovies and squishy
folk-poppers like the Association. It`s the kind of
thoughtful 60`s-indebted pop-rock, in other words,
that doesn`t stand a chance in hell of getting
played on the radio today - but thankfully seems to
be surviving thanx to a coterie of cultish addicts,
many of `em too young to`ve "outgrown" this sneakily
hook-filled retro sound.". If there`s one Eimerman
disc to pick up out of a solid handful, this *the*
one, hands-down. Extremely Highly Recommended!