It’s a shame that Marcy Playground will forever be associated with the words “sex” and “candy.” As far as one-hit wonders go, the strangely libidinous/gluttonous lead-off single from their self-titled 1997 debut really wasn’t so bad; it was mellow yet vaguely compelling, and the rest of the album was surprisingly strong in a well-read-slacker type of way. Tracks like “Poppies” packed a ballsier, more technically proficient punch and betrayed a fascination with drugs and history, while “Sherry Fraser” proved doubly that singer John Wozniak could write a damn catchy melody. I—like the rest of the world—more or less ignored all of the following releases from the NYC three-piece, but we popular music fans of the Aughts aren’t so jaded that we can’t appreciate a sincerely impressive debut record a decade after the fact, are we? I should certainly hope not.
Sat., May 23, 9 p.m., 2009
Sat., May 23, 9 p.m., 2009
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