Minneapolis Michael
Not sure if I’m allowed to say this yet or not, but thanks to my main man (and longtime F.O.W) R. Mills, I’ve been listening to the new Guster record, Easy Wonderful, for the last few weeks. I’ll save my thoughts on the album as a whole until the time is right, but it’s worth noting that the album’s first single, “Do You Love Me,” is gonna knock both your literal and proverbial socks off. It’s already starting to blow up at radio and, methinks, has the chance to end up as an even bigger hit than “Satellite” (which KILLED on radio back in the fall/winter of Oh-Six).
In addition to having a gorgeous and instantly hummable pop melody, the lyrics do an incredibly amazing job of getting to the heart of the question that’s at the crux of just about every romantic relationship, be they short- or long-term: Do you love me? It’s rare for a band that’s been together for a lifetime now — they started off way back in 1991! — to still be getting better, but after spending the last month with this record, I can say with a large degree of confidence that this is the best song in the band’s illustrious catalog. It drops on iTunes tomorrow, be sure to pick it up!
Grambo on Guster!
