Together We're Heavy

I love jingle-jangle, bubble-gum, power pop...with big hooks and great melodies. Some of my favorite records come from the collective known as The Elephant Six. Fun Trick Noisemaker from The Apples in Stereo, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, from Neutral Milk Hotel; almost anything from Of Montreal (but especially Cherry Peel).

But this review is about Together We're Heavy, from The Polyphonic Spree; who are not in The E6, but feel like they should be. Songs like Hold Me Now (Section 12), Two Thousand Places (Section 14), and Everything Starts At The Seams (Section 18) get you tapping your toes, and are yet still somehow majestic. Must be that Trombone...lol.