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Title: AM Artist: AM Release Date: 1/18/2005 Label: Orchard, AM Sounds UPCs: 803680935729, 5060078340052 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Brooding, Sophisticated, Earnest, Effervescent, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Melancholy, Reflective, Sentimental, Stylish, Warm, Bittersweet, Ethereal, Freewheeling, Literate, Soothing, Indulgent, Intimate, Ironic, Passionate, Poignant, Witty, Atmospheric, Relaxed, Wistful, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Gone Away
2. Playing the Game
3. Troubled Times
4. So Lonely
5. Running Away
6. Mainstay
7. City Syndrome
8. Wayside
9. Home
10. Losing You

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Orchard 809357 2004 CD AM Sounds 11

Troubled Times

Say this for AM: the man comes by his lazy roots rock sound honestly. Born in Oklahoma and raised in and around New Orleans, AM sings with a laid-back drawl and writes songs that rarely rise above a moderate level of emotional intensity or a cruising, middle-of-the-road tempo. Interestingly, his most obvious vocal referent is Ian McCullough -- try spinning "Playing the Game" for friends over the age of 35 and ask them to guess the band, and it's a good bet they'll ask you which Echo & the Bunnymen B-side it is. The album's feature single is "Mainstay," which features the program's most aggressive drums along with some really pretty 12-string guitar and the album's only truly indelible hook. "City Syndrome" is also noteworthy, though, with its Weezer-meets-the Beach Boys backing vocals and summer evening vibe. The album closes with the lovely, minimalist "Losing You." A year after AM's release in 2004, the label released a remix EP featuring "Mainstay" along with four drastic (and often aggressively techno) rearrangements of that song, as well as a CD-ROM video track. It's worth picking up, but good luck finding it -- as of this writing, very few online outlets were offering it. (Try going direct to www.amsounds.com.) ~ Rick Andersonwww.amsounds.com.) ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits AM Various, Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Sounds Brian Keitz Drums James O'Connell Engineer Jamie Myerson Vocals (Background), Programming, Keyboards, Producer, Audio Production, Percussion, Mixing, Guitar Mark Getten Guitar (Bass), Bass