Marcy Playground - MP3

Mp3 is too cheeky of a title. But it's telling for Marcy Playground, which rose and fell a full half-decade before such a techie reference would even be funny. It's law for a comeback album to dwell on such a ride, and Marcy does in "Hotter Than the Sun." "We danced with the devil/And walked down his road," sings John Wozniak, who hasn't shaken his signature vocal doldrums. "We've been hotter than the sun." The past tense construction is important, because it means the band knows exactly where it stands. Read More