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SamSam | Salem, OR USA | 11/26/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is one my favorites of all time, but if you don't listen to The Moldy Peaches, and if you've never been in a garage band, you may not understand. This songwriter writes about things that are real and doesn't clean them up before he puts them to music.
The new style is definitely to be an acoustic guitar-toting sensitive songwriting guy, but the truth of the matter is that Adam Green doesn't fit into that hole, despite the Logo T-shirt and the velvet jacket and corduroy pants. If you wanna hear the world from the lips and instrument of someone who'll say what you wish some guy would say to you, buy John Mayer or Howie Day. If you wanna hear about what life is and the torrent of mixed realitites that is humanity, sexuality and sensuality, porn and erotica, abuse and love and death and tenderness and anger, that's Adam Green. I listen to hours and days of the two albums and he can't be figured out. Like mank and ind."

Unique, perverse and utterly original.

julia | 03/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first came to know that Adam Green of the Moldy Peaches did solo work when he, along with Ben Kweller, opened for the Strokes on their recent tour. He only played for about twenty minutes, just guitar with drums on two songs, but he blew me away. Unlike a lot of acoustic guitar-wielding singer-songwriters, Adam does not rely on introspective and limp-wristed lyrics. (Wow, that's a lot of hyphens.) He instead turns to surreal, sometimes vulgar, but always captivating phrases, as on "Mozzarella Swastikas" and "Computer Show." He occasionally delves in to brutal garage rock, ("Baby's Gonna Die Tonight"), or electronic experimentation, ("Apples, I'm Home"), but for the most part this album is just Adam and his guitar.
Many of these songs were recorded at home, (you can water running on a couple of them!), with his brother Joel helpng out on clarinet and his sister Leah lending harmony vocals.
All in all, "Garfield" by Adam Green is a creative, blunt and always compelling album.
Good night and thank you for your time."

THIS is the gemstone.

julia | europe | 02/26/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Fans of the Moldy Peaches, you will not be disappointed but delighted at Adam's great solo effort. Who can help but love this guy? Our favorite stoner delivers a great bunch of chilled-out, comic gems. Opener "Apples, I'm Home" gives off a kind of wacky/silly vibe which seems to almost be a 'theme' for the rest of the album. "Mozzarella Swastikas" is hardly any tamer than the first few tracks. "I'll be getting head, under the rainbow" Green sings in his dazed voice. This type of lyric is definitely not unusual nor surprising as you'll find bizarre lyrics such as this throughout the entire album. Adam Green is CERTAINLY not for everyone; If you're into quirky folktarts or are just curious...check him out."