Semisonic is... Dan Wilson: Guitar, Vocals John Munson: Bass, Vocals Jacob Slichter: Drums, Keys, Vocals

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Semisonic Kicks Butt!

When Rolling Stone critic David Fricke wrote enthusiastically in 1996 that Semisonic's debut album "Great Divide" was "simple and sparkling" with a "luminous guitar-vocwriter Dan Wilson recalls being flattered -- but also aware that great sound alone wasn't the band's only asset. He knows that no matter how seductive the sound, the heart of the track is in its lyrical depth. Feeling Strangely Fine is probably the loudest (and loveliest) come-on record in recent memory. "I wanted this to be a bedroom record," confesses Wilson. "I imagine singing to one person, that I'm whispering in one ear." The pulse of Jacob Slichter's drumming underscores his band mates with a slinky, soulful rhythm. Matching Semisonic's hard-edged rock-meets-funk sensibility is the band's instinctive feel for lyrical song craft, the knack of knowing when to sigh Ö and when to roar.