It's never going to change my life the way MSCL did, but I like it. The theme is fleshed out here into an actual three-minute song, with verses and an instrumental break and everything. Left to their own material, the Rembrandts stick to a more conventional rock approach. At moments they sound a little like Squeeze to me, at other times a tad like Guadalcanal Diary. Most of the time, though, they sound like a couple of reasonably good songwriters who haven't quite found an original idiom of their own, and so have been forced to adopt one supplied by the government.
Life's too short.
Chasing Ghosts I have one last album I want to mention while I'm loitering out near the center median. If you thought my lack of background information on these other bands was unhelpful, you'll be annoyed to discover that I know even less about Avalon. When it arrived I discovered that this is actually another Avalon entirely. Chasing Ghosts reminds me pleasantly of Michael Penn's first album, and the first School of Fish record. All three albums use a lot of programmed drums that sound like they were done by non-drummers.