Following up on their lauded third album, 2000's Clairvoyance, the piano-heavy
New York quartet Johnny Society continues turning out music that is as catchy 
as the best pop of the past but also full of fresh ideas. Reworking such influences 
as Elton John, Cheap Trick and John Lennon, frontman Kenny Siegal creates
songs that are uplifting without being cloying or sentimental. The power chords 
of the opening track, "Charity," show roots in rock, and on the 14 broadly varied 
songs, Siegal switches from rockabilly falsetto to throaty growl. He revels in 
MFA-worthy lyrics, fleshed out on occasion by the banjo, organ and clavinet.
 -John Donohue