CD Revue: Elf Power - Walking With the Beggar Boys

Newsflash! Elf Power are a bunch of nerds! I know, who would have thought that a band called Elf Power would be nerdy. In the past the Athens, Georgia band specialized in lo-fi psychadelic prog pop; music to play Dungeons and Dragons to. But lead singer/songwriter Andrew Rieger has pushed the band into poppier and poppier territory with each album. With Walking With the Beggar Boys they have finally made a pure pop album wth . "Never Believe" is a power pop gem, easily one of the best single of the year (Download it here). "Walking With the Beggar Boys" sounds like lost T-Rex song with a gang vocal chorus, a freak out guitar solo, and a call and response bridge. "Drawing Flies" is a great indie pop song, And the hits keep on coming after that. Riegers voice still is a little weak and the later tracks all kind of merge together in my memory, but this may be Elf Power's finest momment.