ROCKET | (SANDY) ALEX G

6.16.17 Rocket is as good as the best Indie rock from the last 2 decades - Badly Drawn Boy, Sparklehorse, Modest Mouse, Grandaddy, The Shins, of-course Elliot Smith and throw in a little alt-country Lucinda William. Alex Giannascoli fearlessly glides thru styles of music; lounge jazz, fuzz rock, country fiddles, lonesome somber piano are all tossed in this salad.

The track that stood out for me was “Bobby”; misty mountain fiddles - beautiful paired vocals that sound like Lucinda herself. Very moving.

In years to come I think this record will be remembered like Badly Drawn Boy's Hour of the Bewilderbeast.

Ian Cohen at Pitchfork: In a sense, singer/songwriter Alex Giannascoli is the modern ideal for an indie rock throwback. The frequent comparisons with Elliott Smith or Sparklehorse are legitimate, but mostly regarding his recording process: Every production decision—whether double-tracking vocals or close-mic’ing the guitars—creates the assumption of intimacy, recalling an earlier time when instrumental or monetary limitations necessitated ingenuity. . .