The first album (barring a self-released demo) by New Jersey bar band the Dipsomaniacs is a cheerfully raucous power pop bash in the tradition of mid-period Replacements albums. Like Paul Westerberg, singer/guitarist Mick Chorba is an unpretentious lyricist with a knack for slice of life scenes like the mildly alienated opener "New Rochelle," and the standard two-guitar/bass/drums quartet plays with the proper ragged-but-right spirit. There's nothing on Smaller Than Life that will change the world in any way, but songs like the ultra-catchy, nearly Beatlesque "This One" and the wistful "Wanna Leave, Don't Wanna Go," which recalls '70s power pop stalwarts like Artful Dodger, have plenty of low-key charms.
Smaller Than Life
Dipsomaniacs
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Smaller Than Life Review
by Stewart Mason
Track Listing
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| 1 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:52 | Amazon | |||
| 2 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:09 | Amazon | |||
| 3 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:56 | Amazon | |||
| 4 | Dipsomaniacs | 02:05 | Amazon | |||
| 5 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:42 | Amazon | |||
| 6 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:31 | Amazon | |||
| 7 | Dipsomaniacs | 02:41 | Amazon | |||
| 8 | Dipsomaniacs | 04:39 | Amazon | |||
| 9 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:01 | Amazon | |||
| 10 | Dipsomaniacs | 02:28 | Amazon | |||
| 11 | Dipsomaniacs | 03:03 | Amazon | |||
| 12 | Dipsomaniacs | 08:15 | Amazon |
