Wide Right

Wide Right
Poptop Records
General | Jul 2003

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-02-08
Guitar rock with punk energy and bar-band melodicism, with tough female vocals. Hard-driving stuff that probably sounds best with beers and cigarette smoke. Lyrics include the normal break-up themes but get weirdly introspective sometimes (especially the last track); you get the feeling songwriter Leah Archibald has been around a while and possibly has a couple kids. Also note the obsession with Buffalo, N.Y. (1,6,10).

1- Fast and catchy, minor key. "Stuck in my hometown like Pete Best"
3- Midtempo, high energy
4- Mid/fast, a bit poppy
5- Mid/fast, with country twang
6- Fast, kind of sweet (about a road trip with the kids)
8- Fast and punkish, w/slightly more girly-sounding vocal
11- Rolling midtempo
12- Fast and angry, but kinda dopey (about an argument with an apartment neighbor)
13- Fast, with sincerely nostalgic lyrics about attending the Fireman's Fair

Recent airplay

Pet Ebest
The LunchboxApr 09, 2004
Another Way
In the LeavesMar 03, 2004
Another Way
Kryptonite
Women Who RockFeb 17, 2004

Charting

2004-02-16 — 2004-04-19
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 11 1
Mar 7 1
Feb 22 2

Track listing

1. Pet Ebest
2. Kryptonite
3. Expensive
4. Keeping the Peace
5. Another Way
6. 400 Miles
7. Rust Belt Girl
8. 13 Days
9. How Dare
10. Vincent Gallo
11. Mary on the Half Shell
12. Go to Hell
13. Firemen's Fair