Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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The Sinceros

  • The Sound of Sunbathing [Columbia, 1979] B-

Consumer Guide Reviews:

The Sound of Sunbathing [Columbia, 1979]
Wayne Robins clued me in on why I wasn't connecting with these sly, solid, snappy songs when he told me they reminded him of Freddie and the Dreamers. Right--it's Freddie evolved from teen lies to pop candor, effetely nasty rather than revoltingly cute, acknowledging his own little failings and hostilities in a mildly remorseless voice. And sly, solid, and snappy for all that. B-