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American Music Club

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American Music Club is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel, noted for melancholic, poetic lyrics and a mix of folk-rock and indie rock.

Mark Eitzel is the band's primary songwriter and vocalist. Reviews reference albums including Engine (Frontier, 1987) and Mercury (1993, produced by Mitchell Froom). Reviewers mention band members Vudi (guitar), Bruce Kaphan (multi-instrumentalist), Dan Pearson (bass) and Tim Mooney (drums). A reunion in 2005 is referenced in the reviews.

DeBaser reviews praise Mark Eitzel's poetic, emotionally involved songwriting and the band's melancholic sound. Recurring themes are loneliness, failed promises and fragile hope. Reviewers highlight Mercury, Everclear, California and Engine as key records.

For:Listeners who appreciate literate, melancholic indie/folk-rock and confessional songwriting.

 What I love about American Music Club and particularly about this album is that it becomes more beautiful with each listen.

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 The futility of a life spent chasing ephemeral joys, engulfed in a fictitious, frivolous logic of appearance rather than being.

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 American Music Club. A name that can inspire sadness in many ways.

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