Adam Green

As co-auteurs of the Moldy Peaches, Adam Green and Kimya Dawson write as if in a party
game: alternately, one line at a time. Somehow, the seamless songs express one sensibility.
Unfortunately, their new solo albums are much less consistent. At its best, in titles like
"Dance With Me" and "Computer Show," Green's Garfield is a conventional if adenoidal
new-- (a.k.a. "anti-") folk album. At its worst, it's unconventional, bratty for its o... More >

As co-auteur of the Moldy Peaches, Adam Green specialized in childish id. On his solo debut he indulges his adolescence somewhat more provokingly than thousands of acen-fighting guitar guys before him. At its best, in titles like "Dance With Me" and "Computer Show," this is a conventional if adenoidal new (a/k/a "anti") folk album. At its worst, it's bratty for its own sake. Lines like "The lump behind the sheet is where the tumor took a sh*t" are just begging for us to say yuck, so let's. (Grade - C)