Golden Smog: Another Fine Day

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by admin

Released 2006 on Lost Highway Records.

This is my favourite pop album of 2006. Another Fine Day is the 4th release from the loose collection of musicians known as Golden Smog. And it’s the first one I’ve really enjoyed, to be honest. With eight years elapsed since the last one, there probably was more curiosity than pent-up anticipation…lol. Well, AFD proves that the group survives and lives. Nowadays the Smog is more or less led by Gary Louris, Kraig Jarret Johnson and Marc Perlman (all former Jayhawks), with Dan Murphy and bits of Jeff Tweedy rounding out the current personnel. (Tweedy leads Wilco and Loose Fur… busy guy)

There is hardly a weak song among the 15 tracks presented here. The tunes are fairly adventurous, ranging from upbeat power pop numbers like ‘Corvette’ and ‘Hurricane’, to mellow folk-rockers, like ‘Listen Joe’, ‘Strangers’, and ‘Think About Yourself’. Other gems, like ‘Beautiful Mind’, and ‘Cure For This’, are harder to classify…let’s call them “excellent”. This record just works.