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POP MATTERS
Buzzie, Are You Feeling Anything Yet? (Big Digi)
Are You Feeling Anything Yet? is the title of the former Blue Cartoon frontman's solo album, and you'd have to be six feet under to remain unmoved by this collection of catchy-as-hell pop rock. Hooks, melodies and yet more melodies burst out of these songs like rapid fire from an automatic weapon, beginning with "She's Gone", a quite brilliant song McElhenny wrote for Blue Cartoon that sounds better given the Buzzie treatment.
Songs like "Beautiful Beautiful", "My Little World of Love" and "I'm Inside You" are like manna from heaven for fans of Elvis Costello, The Loveless or other such power pop aficionados. Nearly every song is a bright, exuberant exponent of how music of this genre should be written, performed and produced, with tunes like the wonderfully upbeat "A Place to Go" a particularly good example.
The acoustic, understated "Angela" slows things down and "The Same Thing" proves that often the simplest pop melodies work the best. Musically, Buzzie have all the depth of a thin and crispy pizza, but the band never try to be a Radiohead or Ryan Adams equivalent. Instead, with a pop songwriter as talented as McElhenny at the helm, they wisely stick to their strengths and the result is an album of sheer pop bliss.
— Andrew Ellis for Pop Matters http://www.popmatters.com
Formerly with Blue Cartoon, John McElhenney formed Buzzie in the fall of 1999 to explore what he calls "the deeper side of pop."
John McElhenney is the guitarist, singer/songwriter at the front of Buzzie, a rock/pop band with an emphasis on the rock side of things. After three years as the vocalist and songwriter for Blue Cartoon, Are You Feeling Anything Yet? is John's debut solo album.
The band members that make up the rest of Buzzie are Cotton Mather's Dana Myzer (drums) and Whit Williams (lead guitar) along with a host of guest players including Michael Ramos, Ron Flynt, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, and Mark Hallman.
Buzzie's first release strikes into alt/pop/rock territory with sharp-edged guitar licks wrapped around warm vocals and timeless lyrics.
-- AustinMusic.com
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