The Drop Nineteens are more than just a 1990's college radio crush, they're a solid band that was unfortunately neglected in the wake of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Chapterhouse. Delaware is a charming record, full of dreamy, distorted guitars and gentle lyrics, very much like Ride's Nowhere. Delaware doesn't push the envelope, its name isn't particularly memorable, and the cover art is a tad bit cheesy. It's clear that Delaware is dated, the cover art pictures a young woman in a baggy sweater, aimlessly holding a gun, her mind perhaps more full of apathy than angst---she is grunge at its best. Music critics tend to chastise records for being too "dated," but I think that Delaware is a nostalgic little time capsule, and that's maybe the way we should look at it. The track "Winona" feels like the soundtrack to a teenage boy's sexual fantasy, an ode to Winona Ryder, whose career was at its height in the 90's. The album winds down with the sweet and whimsical "My Aquarium," a male-female acoustic duet which manages to win the listener over instantly.
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