cd products from the shorewoods

1. "long weekend" (2003) -- The Shorewoods first release on their own bent law sound recordings label.

available from cd baby and not lame.

"The Shorewoods share a restless spirit of taking pop archetypes and turning them a bit on their sides, re-coloring and putting it all back together. And making an album that will stand the test of short-sighted times. Clever lyrics arrive in the layered vocals of songwriters Joe Lawless and Sean Bentley, amid the sumptuous interplay of 6 and 12-string guitars: jangling, chiming, buzzing, acoustic, electric." -- Not Lame

"Seattle has received lots of attention for the grunge bands of the 90s, but the pop scene there has always been vibrant - and it just became a lot more vibrant with this full-length release from a band that flirts with some jangle'n'twang and dabbles with some mainstream jangly pop/rock tunes. The riffs in "Leaves Me Shaking" sound vaguely like the Byrds' "So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star." Listen carefully to "Emerald Downs" and you'll hear a nod to the Byrds' "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better." Even a casual listener will notice the similarity between "Church Ranch Road" and the Gin Blossoms' "Allison Road." It's hard to fault this band for periodic reliance on tried and true pop chords. This 14-song debut disc is very impressive, and the Shorewoods deserve comparisons with early Blue Rodeo and the aforementioned Gin Blossoms." -- Fufkin.com