With a healthy variety of sounds, Crooked Smile's latest should impress quite a few fans of not-so-heavy modern rock. All the guitars on here have such great sounds on them... I just wish the music was heavy enough to match them. Emotional lyrics artistically pour out somewhat deep spiritual longings, but there's not a lot of musical substance here to make the project stand out among the rest.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Linda T. StonehockerCrooked Smile's first release is an introspective, self-aware project. The lyrics, written by Jonathan Hart, detail the difficulties people encounter while trying to find their place in the world. In "I Spin" he sings: My petty little worries My precious wasted time My damaged possessions At least they are mine. All of the songs are written in the first or second person, but Hart opens up the…The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Mark J. AylorWhat do you get when you take some 77s, Dryve, and Vigilantes of Love, mix them all together, pour in some folk and blues, and then throw in a little Rose Blossom Punch, Jars of Clay, and just a dash of The Spin Doctors for good measure? You get Crooked Smile, an aggressive-folk modern alternative band filled with electric and acoustic guitars and lots of emotion. On the record, Crooked Smile is…Similar sounding releases
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