Jason Lyttle

Yours Truly, the Commuter

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Rating: 3/5

Since disbanding Grandaddy, Jason Lytle has decamped to rural Montana, where he recorded this solo debut entirely on his own. It's hard to understand why he split up the band, so closely do these tracks follow the Grandaddy formula. There's a diminution in impetus, but not always to the songs' benefit: the simple punk-buzz guitar riff that drives 'It's The Weekend', for instance, just makes one hanker for more of the same, instead of the steady diet of acoustic guitar, keyboard drones, synth strings and electronic whines. That said, it's enjoyable enough.

Download: 'You're Too Gone', 'Rollin' Home Alone'