#1253 The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray

Big-accoustic 3-chord 90's pop-rock that kicked off the cliche, making Elvis Costello lite on the way to inspiring countless Lemonheads-lite songs. It's all a little crunchy, all a little clever, all a little pretty, not a lot of anything, just stretching a thin idea, propped up with a token hitch to 3-minute length (though Rudderless's little climax is a great pop trick).

It's fine. It's the kind of thing you could rightfully be real nostalgic about when you're 30 if you hear it when you're 20, so go for it if you've still got time! 3/5