Fountains Of Wayne have taken some unexpected lumps lately. The former critical darlings' 4th release, Traffic And Weather , has been met with some harsh assessments, especially from Paste and Pitchfork. Paste writer Marc Hirsh claims that the band has run out of steam. Pitchfork reviewer Matt LeMay concludes that the album finds FOW "treading water in the worst possible way." Both of them give the Traffic And Weather one of the most insulting comments an album can recieve, that it's mediocre and boring. But is it true? After a few listens, carefully aware of his own bias, this long-time diehard Fountains fan is happy to say no, it isn't true at all. Of course, that leads to another question: What's wrong with Marc and Matt? I've prepared a list to try to suss out their problem. 1) They hate Fountains Of Wayne and always have. Right off we get Marc out of the way, because this is obviously his issue. Read how he begins the second sentence of his revi...
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