Music – New Orleans
If the name Joe Adragna doesn\'t leap right out at you, it\'s because he\'s been recording for the past few years as The Junior League, with two fine discs under his belt. Now he\'s decided to claim his own name, and earlier this year he released a best-of the two Junior League discs titled Parlophony. For his first Joe Adragna album proper he\'s taken a slightly more introspective approach from the Marshall Crenshaw-styled power pop of the League, enlisting the help of Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey, who need no introduction...The Buck/McCaughey influence is most notably heard on the janglicious \"You\'re Gonna Die Alone\", the disc\'s best track. Combining Rickenbackers and the vitriol of an Elvis Costello with a catchy melody (and featuring harmony vocals from Susan Cowsill), it\'s almost worth the price of admission alone.... Adragna has really taken a leap forward here, and I can see why he chose to release this under his own name.
--Absolute Power Pop
http://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2010/11/cd-of-day-112910-joe-adragna-fall-back.html