Consumer Guide Album

M.J. Lenderman: Manning Fireworks [Anti-, 2024]
This excavation of trad-rock's relaxed charms pays special attention to Eric Clapton, who's admittedly a lot quicker-fingered than Lenderman and so what. It's the lyrics where his bitter quickness surfaces whether he's talking his drunk gf out of puking, asking her to put her two cents in because he needs the change, or draining cum from a hotel shower only I bet "draining" is an overstatement. "One of these days you'll kill a man," he tells someone else, "For asking a question you don't understand." Wasn't me, I swear. Probably one of those Trumpers. A-