Fountains of Wayne - “Welcome Interstate Managers” (S-Curve)
ByJun 10, 2003 02:16 PM
This New York-based quartet, which is led by songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, returns with its first album of new material since 1999’s “Utopia Parkway.”
This New York-based quartet, which is led by songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, returns with its first album of new material since 1999’s “Utopia Parkway.” Schlesinger and Collingwood produced the new CD with longtime collaborator Mike Denneen. The album features guest appearances from pedal-steel player Robert Randolph, former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and singer/songwriter Jen Trynin, among others.
The new album tackles “such time-honored pop subjects as love, work, frustrated commuters, drunken salesmen, retired airline pilots, pressured quarterbacks, bad waitresses, vegan entrepreneurs, clip-on ties, exploding cell phones, lawn mowing, vacations without the kids, New England snowstorms, lousy directions, and, of course, ‘Face the Nation,’” according to a press release.