Review from Speak Into My Good Eye on 4/9/2011.

Original post can be found here: http://speakimge.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/speakend-playlist-4911-412/.

Mike Ferraro & The Young Republicans “grew up in suburban North Jersey during the Grunge ’90s” and names Nirvana, The Beatles, and Neutral Milk Hotel as major influences on the band’s musical endeavors.  This next song, the title-track off the band’s 2008 record, was definitely penned after a long night of binge listening to In An Aeroplane Over The Sea. The slow rolling buildup led by an acoustic guitar toting Ferraro that eventually climaxes before floating back down to earth is an appealing Jeff Mangum tactic that Ferraro and the gang put their own spin on…be sure to check out the band’s 2011 full-length What’s Yours Is Mine…but for now:

Mike Ferraro & the Young Republicans – Awful Killers by rotolo3