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The Radio Goodnight (2000)

m.i.j.

The Radio Goodnight

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» JONATHAN COHEN | SENIOR EDITOR

m.i.j. The Radio Goodnight Caulfield, 2000 RiYL: Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, Promise Ring

Although it borrows heavily from the sharp instrumental dynamic of Jimmy Eat World and Sunny Day Real Estate (lead singer Jeff Hanson is a dead vocal ringer for SDRE's high-pitched wailer Jeremy Enigk), m.i.j.'s debut album The Radio Goodnight still makes for enjoyable listening.

There's no orchestra or synths necessary here -- except for the jangly closer "Again Today" and the acoustic "Sometimes In Sleep," this is emo-rock in all caps, right down to the sentence fragment song titles ("Then The Last Time Was," "Do You Miss") and cathartic trio interplay.

Highlights include the title track, the lunging, Promise Ring-y "West," and the clenched-fist "Your Stories." The Radio Goodnight is the product of its' creators obvious influences, but will likely satisfy fans of this type of heart-on-sleeve rock.

JONATHAN COHEN | Jonathan Cohen co-created Nude As The News with his Indiana University mates Troy Carpenter and Ben French. When not traversing the globe for business and pleasure, he holds down the fort as a senior editor for Billboard in New York. Stop him and he just may ask, "what for lunch?"