Keith John Adams
PIP
( HHBTM ) 2006

"Have you ever been a cuckold? Have you ever been a cheat?"

I owe PIP a healthy apology. You sat - with others - in a stack for far too long. You, PIP, are that reason I don't sleep very well at night. "You know what, brain? That PIP cd could be THE cd I have been waiting to hear all of my lifetime. What if I die tonight never having heard Keith John Adams' supreme album?"

See where I'm going with this? An album that should arrive overwhelmingly scented of a child's grape cold medicine, PIP is just as much a pleasure to listen to as the time making it was - I'm sure. Mister John Adams, KJA to those others, sounds as if he has locked himself in a closet of miniature musical mechanisms (toy piano, oddly tuned guitars) and crafted one of the better "pop" albums the future side of Pet Sounds has ever heard.

Pet Sounds? YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR WITS, SCTAS KALEB!!

Well, sure, but I do know that when I wake 2 days in a row with a song (two actually: "Ever Been You?" and "Keep An Eye") soaring sugarly through my head - something special is going on. That something special is PIP, and those not investigating can kindly remove me from your Myspace™ top 8 - immediate-like. Additionally, Britt Daniels solo fans should listen now (see: "Ever Been You", "Memory"). [ I know it stinks in here - PIP is the shit ].

k :: ( MARCHISH of 2006 )