From Little Rock, Arkansas comes American Princes. Whereas they sounded more like the Pixies on their previous album "Less And Less", this time around it's time for a trip back to the eighties. You can hear echoes of early The Cure on "Son Of California" or Tom Petty and R.E.M. in various other songs. They sound like they're trying to rub shoulders with The Killers in yet another track.
Anyway, you catch my drift… there's been a ton of other bands that have been doing the same thing before American Princes. But that doesn't make "Other People" a bad album. Far from it actually. Vocalist David Slade does a great job of writing catchy songs along with the rest of the band (with new bandmember Will Boyd on keyboard/guitar) and producer Chuck Brody (Wu-Tang Clan, Peter Bjorn and John) gives the band a shiny yet naked sound that suits them just fine.
