Music Review

In Thrall (1993)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Murray Attaway; Genre: Rock

Former Guadalcanal Diary singer Murray Attaway's solo debut abounds with literate lyrics rendered evocative by his graceful Southern twang. In Thrall's pleasant jangle and strum and its songs' subject matter — nostalgia for smalltown America — also call to mind some shadowy aspects of his Athens, Ga., hometown peers R.E.M. If only Attaway's songwriting was as focused and funny as his work with GD. B-

Originally posted Mar 19, 1993 Published in issue #162 Mar 19, 1993 Order article reprints

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