What I Am Listening To

I didnt realize it was twenty years since Summerteeth was released when I recently ordered the record on vinyl. I just wanted to enjoy one of my favorite albums again in a different format, and what a joy it was to revisit this excellent collection. Summerteeth was a bit more brighter to me than Being There, which preceded it by about three years. Its important to keep “brighter” in perspective, this being a Wilco album. While Summerteeth has the musically upbeat tracks of “Can’t Stand It” and “Candy Floss”, it also contains the beautiful but serious “She’s A Jar” and “Via Chicago”. The whole album is a good example of how Wilco the band was maturing, which would fully realize with their next record Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Songs like “In A Future Age” give a glimpse into the sonically spare but powerful tracks that would make their 2001 album a classic.