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Marcy PlaygroundMarcy Playground
Release Date: 02/25/1997
Original Release:
1997
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 247182_CD
UPC # 724385356926
Label: Capitol/EMI Records
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Performer: Marcy Playground
Engineer: Ken Gioia; Jim Sabella; Kenny Gioia; Marcy Playground Producer: Jared Kotler; John Wozniak Distributor: EMI Music Distribution Notes: Personnel: John Wozniak (vocals, guitar); Jen Handler (cello); Jared Kotler (bass, drums); Glen Braver, Edgar Mills, Dylan Keefe (bass); Dan Rieser (drums). Recorded at Sabella Recording Studios, Roslyn, New York. Personnel: John Wozniak (vocals, guitar); Jared Kotler (vocals, drums); Jen Handler (cello); Dan Rieser (drums). Audio Mixers: Ken Gioia; Marcy Playground. Recording information: Sabella Recording Studios, Roslyn, NY. Photographer: James Wojcik. Like Everclear's Art Alexakis, Marcy Playground singer/songwriter/mastermind John Wozniak is clearly indebted to the musical legacy of Kurt Cobain. The best of Wozniak's songs, the standouts on Marcy Playground's self-titled debut, not only evoke Nirvana's sound--heavenly, minor-key melodies, transformed into thorny alterna-pop by a stripped-down, punky three-piece--but Kurt's metaphor-minded, playful yet emotionally intense viewpoint. And where Alexakis sticks to "real life" narratives that peg him a traditional singer/songwriter high on grunge, Wozniak brandishes history lessons ("Poppies"), descents into druggy deliriums ("Ancient Walls of Flowers"), and re-dreams a dreadful pre-adolescence ("Saint Joe on the School Bus") in order to paint a much wider portrait. More often than not, the sinful deviance of the subculture that is Wozniak's natural habitat rises out of his catchy, radio-friendly tunes--"Sex & Candy" being a prime example--making for the kind of slightly dangerous pop rush that is rarely offered in alterna-land.
NME (Magazine) (5/23/98, p.45) - 7 (out of 10) - "...What is surprising is how enjoyable this window on Wozniak's soul is: his lazy drawl and gentle melodies coating his misery in a pop sheen....the mood remains resolutely downbeat but the angst is not imposing..."
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