Grandaddy: Sumday (V2)
Bud Scoppa, Rock's Backpages, June 2003
IN JASON LYTLES WORLD – one that should be readily recognisable to the rest of us in this troubling decade – things are breaking down, machines and humans both; roads are not taken; a colossal junkyard encroaches on Gods Country; theres nothing sadder than a vacant lot, except for the people who live on its periphery; love and beauty can be found, but only in the moment; and each moment is precious, because moments are all we have.
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