CD Review

Adam Green is back with his fourth solo album, and it’s another Molotov cocktail with a little less bathroom banter, a little more drugs. Clearly, he’s out there…but after listening to Jacket Full of Danger about ten times, it’s starting to grow on me. Yet, I must give credit where credit is due. This guy not only takes risks, he jumps off the cliff with a worn-out cord – and who knows when that rope will completely sever, but for now he’s enjoying the ride. Whether anyone else is, is definitely the question.

Green’s not new to the circuit. The former Moldy Peach has traveled in the very hippest hops dressed as Peter Pan or something of the fairytale sort. But don’t be fooled by his boyish looks…he will corrupt and offend in the boldest of manners. He was anti-folk with the Moldy Peaches and he’s anti-everything since going solo four years ago. Well, not everything – he’s definitely pro-drugs, as he’ll make sure you know that on several of the tracks on Danger.

“Pay The Toll” sounds like Glen Campbell on drugs, except he wrote much better music on his drugs. And Mr. Campbell didn’t ask us repeatedly, “How many drugs does it take to find something to do”…(Like write a good song, perhaps?) Fairly forgettable. “Hollywood Bowl” unwraps Jerry Lee Lewis-style and morphs into something Neil Diamond-ish.

Jacket Full of Danger is neither armed nor loaded with anything too memorable. Green is on a tightrope that teeters between a lounge act and a rhinestone cowboy. But while he’s trying to find himself, I’ll keep imagining Bill Murray performing Danger on Saturday Night Live thirty years ago. Now, there’s a lounge lizard that fits perfectly into this Jacket.

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