STEVE TURNER
Searching for Melody (Roslyn Recordings)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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This whole album irks me. It seems too much like something that's supposed to be all crusty and wise and reflective, with lots of references to lost love and the jaded wisdom that comes with age and time, and alcohol, but the whole package just seems too insincere, as though Mudhoney's Steve Turner had just suddenly reached a point in his life where he thought he must have learned something important by now and had to share it with everybody. Of course, the music on the disc is great, with some awesome countryfied folk guitar licks, but Turner's lyrics and vocals need to be soaked in a couple of gallons of rotgut and nicotine to carry the sincerity these songs beg for.

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