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Brandon Wiard’s Super Secret Double Awesome Japanese Import B Side Collection is a limited-edition collection of acoustic demos and a handful of songs with his band. It’s really just a taste of what’s to come, as Wiard has a new release on the way. Singing about bitter infidelities, cigarettes, pretty Ypsi girls getting tattoos and other stuff of the local landscape, the Ann Arbor native creates a heartsick, poppy world. The lyrics veer into maudlin territory occassionally (such as when the light in an unfaithful girl’s eyes is “a fire sparked in hell”), but this is a minor complaint; in general, the songs tell stories of innocence turned into exprience in nuanced, charmingverses: “Back in Burlington you were a little queen with your pom-poms and your methemphetamine...” (“Ypsilanti.”) With his Elvis Costello-ish voice and clever moments, Waird is one to watch. Brandon Wiard’s second album, Painting a Burning Building, will be released soon; check www.brandonwiard.com for upcoming performances. —Laura J. Williams |
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