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All Smiles
Oh For The Getting And Not Letting Go
June 2009 | Self-Released
---------- 7.6 ----------

For people who still haven't gotten over Grandaddy's 2006 break-up, these days, there isn't much to complain about. Jason Lytle is all over the place now and his former right-hand man, Jim Fairchild is about to release his already second solo album under his All Smiles moniker. So can it. Oh For The Getting And Not Little Go isn't as woeful as the title may suggest, but rather is packed full of guitar upbeats and prominent vocals with the aid of his backing back made up of members of Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Menomena and Great Northern. Fairchild likes to tamper with the skeleton of his tracks, not to ever hardly say the songs are barren (they're quite ironically bombastic) but as upbeat as they seem, I get the impression that the tracks could all break down on their knees giving the experience of the record an occasional anxiety-riddled yet more often than not, rewarding journey of standard guitar pop-rock.

mp3 | All Smiles - Words Of Wisdom
mp3 | All Smiles - All You Are Is A Human, Sir

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(2006) - 7.1 - Grandaddy - Just Like The Fambly Cat
(2005) - 7.3 - Grandaddy - Excerpts From The Diary of Todd Zilla [Ep]
(2003) - 8.5 - Grandaddy - Sumday
(2001) - 8.0 - Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump