Weakerthan who?

[jasn]

Keeping with my other new thread seeking common ground about my newfound band Clearlake from a streaming radio site, I am kinda wondering why the the band The Weakerthans hasn't popped up here yet. Anybody listening to them? I actually haven't heard the entire CD Reconstruction Site yet, as I have a used eBay copy coming to me, but I've been listening to several cuts and find them pretty damn good.

The sound is tight pop-indie, with the right amount of rock without getting to mushy. AMG's 4-star review says:"[Lead writer John] Sampson's recent work has traded power-chord fury for the slow-burning — but no less hot — embers of fully realized, deceptively simple pop/rock that brings the songwriter's flair for metaphor to stage front.

I've been a little stingy walking the aisles at my favorite CD shops, so I hadn't picked it up yet. But I am seeing them pop up in quantities at quite a few places, including Borders. Anybody else know them?