Adam Green

Sixes & Sevens

Rough Trade/Beggars

Jen White (CHARTattack)

03/18/2008 5:03pm

Sixes & Sevens, the fifth solo effort from The Moldy Peaches co-founder Adam Green clocks in just under 50 minutes with its 20 tracks. The album is filled with fun songs that have a polished sound, but that sound is hard to pinpoint. Green jumps around from '50s and '60s-inspired pop/rock on "Tropical Island" and "Festival Song," to the Motown sound of "Morning After Midnight", to the country-tinged "Leaky Flask," "Broadcast Beach" and "Rich Kids." There's even a duet with girlfriend Loribeth Capella on "Drowning Head First" that could easily be mistaken for The Peaches' infamous "Anyone Else But You" from the Juno soundtrack. Only two songs fall flat among the mix: the mainly spoken-word "Sticky Ricki" and "That Sounds Like A Pony," an awkward and disjointed sort of rap. But 18 out of 20 ain't bad.