Traffic and Weather (RSD Black Friday 2022)

Not since Ray Davies has a songwriter been able to craft such sharply observed vignettes in the space of a three-minute pop song like the late Adam Schlesinger. On 2007's 'Traffic and Weather', Fountains of Wayne's fourth album, Schlesinger took his art to a new level, singing short stories as varied as crushing on a DMV clerk ('Yolanda Hayes'), celebrating the sexiness of a car not generally considered sporting ('92 Subaru'), being broke ('Strapped for Cash') and having luggage lost by an airline ('Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim'). And while it lacks a radio-friendly hit like 'Stacy's Mom' - it should be mentioned that Chris Collingwood only contributed three songs to this record - there are still earworms aplenty, particularly on 'I-95,' Collingwood's 'Seatbacks and Traytables', and the title tune. Finally out on vinyl, our Real Gone release comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics and in a gold with black swirl pressing limited to 4000 copies, exclusive for RSD/Black Friday.

1: Someone to Love
2: '92 Subaru
3: Yolanda Hayes
4: Traffic and Weather
5: Fire in the Canyon
6: This Better Be Good
7: Revolving Dora
8: Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim
9: Strapped for Cash
10: I-95
11: Hotel Majestic
12: Planet of Weed
13: New Routine
14: Seatbacks and Traytables

Colour Family: Swirl

Number of Discs: 1

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