Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat

Grandaddy's final album serves as a timely reminder of the group's strengths. They manage to pull themselves out of the slump they were in and deliver a fine epitaph. Their previous album, Sumday, was a disappointment, a definite comedown from the heights of Sophtware Slump. It sounded like the work of a band coasting along without any commitment to the material -- a good band with some fine songs but still not living up to its potential. This album sounds like the work of a band with something to prove, maybe due to the tensions that led to the band breaking up before the release of Just Like The Fambly Cat, or perhaps resulting from the realization that the bandmembers had been wasting their talent. Read More