Wisdom tooth : Poco

John Andrews serves up a five song
ep he recorded alone in Mexico,
the Trenton New Jersey songwriter
blends ukulele tones and other instruments
to put together his wide open sound,

john's brew of styles encompasses
the innocence of 1930s and 20s cartoons,
and the moor modern sounds of the outsider
folk music of Peter Grudzien and jandek,

track one is a charming introduction,
that runs the length of its 12 seconds
and than begins again for another
12 seconds like an outro to the intro,
it sets up the kind of flippant and cheeky
nature of the album,

track two "girls will be girls"
with its repeating lines
"girls will be girls and get drunk on the ocean"
is probably my favorite,
it highlights his impeccable knack
for fragmentary melodies,
melodies that cant be called faultless,
but still you wouldn't have them any other way,
its pure pop, but yet its esoteric and
and creative,

track four "no beso" stars off with
some ambient sounds, it brings the game of
curling to mind, the sounds of clacking and sliding
it turns into a ukulele and vocal track
which only last for a minuet and a half,


the only thing wrong with this
album is that its too short,

it was a free download from
wisdom tooths myspace,
but you can also order his full lenght
cassette on Minneapolis label Room tapes,








it comes with a bunch of nice photos
from his travels in mexico that you can
check out with the download!