In perpetuating the genre of "anti-folk" (read: a combination of folk music with hilariously inane lyrics), has Adam Green become anti-anti-folk?
Sixes and Sevens is Adam's fifth solo record (he used to be in the Moldy Peaches with Kimya Dawson [of Juno fame]) and it's nowhere near as snarky as any of Adam's old stuff. Instead, it treads into weird ground, at times sounding simultaneously like Interpol and Jack Johnson ("Cannot Get Sicker").
"That Sounds like a Pony" sounds like something that would be deemed anti-techno, if there were such a thing. The crazy drumming in that song also brings attention to a unifying factor of the record: the incredibly short nature of the song lengths. The longest song is 3:12, but most of the 20 songs on Sixes and Sevens end at the 2 minute mark.
A horn section is introduced in "Morning After Midnight", in case you weren't thoroughly confused already. The two redeeming songs on the record are "You Only Get Lucky" (truer to old Adam) and the closer, "Rich Kids".
Looks like this is one of those things that only die hard fans can love. The rest of us have to just grin and bear it.
3/5
(after all, I do love Adam's voice)
Adam Green - Cannot Get Sicker [mp3]
Adam Green - You Get So Lucky [mp3]
Adam Green - Rich Kids [mp3]
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