One of the best releases of 2009!
tak1 | 07/15/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Let's face it, this year we've been plagued with a bad economy and even worse BAD music! I mean do you hear what's being played on the radio nowadays!? And in my humble opinion, some of the promising artists from years past have released mediocre music this year. I won't name names because I want to be nice.
And so it seemed like music was dead to me so far for 2009 until I came across a few albums lately. And one of them is Chris Garneau's sophmore effort. I will admit that I was a bit hesitant at first because I wasn't too impressed with his first album. Duncan Sheik producing it wasn't helping matters. But I will say that the review Pitchfork gave his first album was a bit too harsh. Hopefully they'll play nice with this second new one.
La Radio is thankfully produced by the artist himself and kept under a roof of pure artistic magic! To compare him to Sufjan Stevens would be lazy journalism. I feel Chris Garneau has made a great 2nd record and it truly stands on its own!
If you're into genuine from the heart type of music then check this out!"