Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers

Fully shedding the abrasive proto-punk energy of his earlier recordings, Jonathan Richman fully embraces a wide-eyed, acoustic-driven naïveté on this charmingly eccentric release. The album consists of simple, 1950s-inspired rock and roll structures played with minimal amplification, highlighting Richman's uniquely earnest, conversational vocal style. It is a radical, almost childlike rejection of the era's heavy rock excess, favoring pure innocence and playful, folk-tinged storytelling.