I'm The Believer

New Rhett Miller album out today. So far I'm liking it okay. I guess liking it "okay" is better than most new music taking awhile to grow on me.

There's a new "version" of 'Singular Girl' that's pretty okay, and there's a new version of 'Question' that's... questionable. I like the original so much because it's so stripped down. This version's all "I got guitars and strings and a lute and an Irish jug band."

Still, I'm pleased with the purchase. I bought the honest-to-goodness CD version, and importing it into iTunes I'm told the genre is "country," a sentiment I don't share. It's very poppy, and that's okay. The covers of the Old 97's songs sound country, if anything, but the rest of the album is very "pop."

The whole thing is online and Rhett will be on the Jay Leno show (can we really call it The Tonight Show?) on Thursday, I think, so Tivo that and see if you'd like an album full of sex and lovin'.