A discussion over at Jokonky's Bar Blog concerning albums you're still looking for reminded me to post this. I stumbled upon Jonathan Kupersmith, almost entirely unknown master of power pop , while fishing for pearls, being successful in unearthing two which (among many others) one of which you can find here. So I got interested in what else Mr. Kupersmith was up to (his entry at Discogs is otherwise empty) and found this. It seems to be a non-label self-published album that I would presume Mr. Kupersmith would sell at gigs and such. Still, Your Dog Ate My Homework wan't quite what I wanted it to be. Shedding two slightly boring-ish ballads and reworking the sequencing et voilà - a very fine album of power pop that can slide in just fine with more known alumni like Dwight Tilley, Big Star, Shoes or The Posies.
Songs like the recently pearled "Christopher Robin", "My Maid Maryian" and "Broken Arms" are just powerpop manna from heaven. Slightly twee, maybe, but lovely all the way 'round. And in this slimmed down version you'll get an 'all killer no filler' album, thirty minutes of fine power pop confections!
So, friends and neighbours, you have half an hour to spare? Invest it into Mr. Kupersmith's slice of power pop heaven...
