Seven years after their last record, The Davenports – a revolving line-up band anchored by Scott Klass – is finally back with new music, having self-recorded the latest batch of songs in Klass’s own house. The result is a mix between some of the brilliant lo-fi bedroom tapes of the 1990s and a more polished indie pop sound reminiscent of everyone from Fountains of Wayne to Teenage Fanclub.
“This whole project came directly from my brain to my hands, right onto tape,” said Klass recently. “It’s more authentic and cohesive than almost anything I’ve ever done.” The album opens on “When Everything’s Over,” a steady, mellow, there-minute, grove-heavy pop track and he manages to keep that consistent vibe across the next nine tracks.
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