Marcy Playground Album: “MP3”

After 5 years of dormancy, Marcy Playground comes back with a bang. In the stuffy world of commercial alternative, Marcy Playground is a breath of fresh air. You'll be hooked from the sweeping synths of Spoonfed to the viola solo in Jesse Went to War. When I bought this CD, the first things ALL my friends did after hearing it was ask me to burn them a copy. I chuckled, "Buy your own."

This blows Marcy Playground's first two albums out of the water.

Buy this album, support this amazing group.

Finally, another gem from this greatly underrated band. For those of us that have waited through their label search, they have not let us down. Their nerdy pop/rock is as wonderfully inviting as it was on the two previous albums. I find this to be a very good walking album.

The major highlight for me is "hotter than the sun", a reaction to their brush with fame. "blood in alphabet soup", "rock and roll heroes", "punk rock superstar", "brand new day"........ the whole album is definitely worth your money.

Yes that band! I have to admit that i love Marcy Playground. I don't know why, I just enjoy listening to them. Today i got MP3 I think it may be their strongest album (the first is a classic though). I know there are people out there that saw them for more than just sex and candy, you people should really give this album a listen.

The title, possibly one of the cheesiest titles in the history of music, though i think it is intentional.

If you did listen to Marcy Playground's debut album, you've got a pretty good idea what's in here. They know what worked for them the first time around and really embraced it again. The song craft has improved over the years, and the production is top notch but the playfulness is still present that is one of the things that always separated them from other bands for me I think.

So I saw Marcy Playground live a couple weeks ago and they were awesome so I decided to get the cd. Well, funny thing happened, I picked up MP3 along with the new one by Jimmie's Chicken Shack called re.present yesterday and was amazed to see the same song, Paper Dolls, is on both albums. Apparently it's co-written by Wozniak and Haha from the shack and they each sing a different version on their albums. It is so cool to listen to one and then the other. It makes you realize each band's individuality even more since they each put their own spin on it. How rare is it to buy two great, satisfying cds on the same day? Check out both of these albums if you want to get away from the cookie-cutter junk dominating the airwaves these days.

Well worth the wait. An excellent CD you'll play over and over.

Thanks MP an Woz.