Fountains Of Wayne

judd.baker: Adam Schlesinger is the Andy Warhol of pop music. He is a master at crafting songs that manage to be ironic and earnest at the same time, simple and straightforward yet beautiful in their straightforwardness. It’s no wonder that when Tom Hanks wanted to make a movie about the very concept of the one hit wonder, he got Adam Schlesinger to write the fictional “one hit” in question. (That Thing You Do!, for those keeping score at home.) Stacy’s Mom is unassailable for its lyrical creativity and pop ingenuity, but look even a little bit below the surface and you’ll find a career filled with clever, insightful, delightfully sugary pop goodness. Trust me, this Fountain is deep.

• ared56 +1
• shea nowicki +1 — I really really liked this!!! Almost more than Stacey's mom oddly enough??
• SamRobertsND 0 — Utterly forgettable. There are far better Fountains of Wayne options.
• fionmul 0 — Almost did one of theirs too haha. Very unexpected and sweet sound but unmemorable. The one I had picked out was better alas (Sink to the Bottom)
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Generally a snoozefest but the chorus isn’t tooo bad?
• Claire 0 — This submission inspired me to listen to the entire album. Fountains of Wayne are so good. But I feel like there are better songs that could have been picked for the purposes of music league (sorry)