The song that seems to age well is “The Sun Also Sets.” There’s just something haunting about that dark ballad.
Trouble is it comes right before the desert of this disc, songs 6-10. And to be clear that’s “desert” like a wasteland with nothing to drink not like (pun intended) New York style cheesecake. There’s just not enough memorable stuff on Easy Tiger.
“Two,” “Halloweenhead,” the two ballads at the finish, the sneaky “The Sun Also Sets” and the craftsmanship of “Oh my God, Whatever, Etc” are superb but left me wanting more. On Easy Tiger Adams spends too much time doing Willie Nelson impressions and strolling down Neil Young, Don Henley inspired falsetto cul-de-sacs. Although I will say “Pearls on a String” makes me curious if Adams could do for blue grass what he did for blue stars a few years back. The bango seems to be a natural fit for Adams’ sound.
Easy Tiger is a good –not great effort from the prolific Adams. Easy Tiger is like making a four-foot putt. Sort of what you expected, but it still feels good when it drops in the cup.
My biggest issue with Easy Tiger is song length with Adams favoring the sort of brevity you would expect from a punk record. You won’t find yourself calling buddies to telling them they have to buy Easy Tiger. Is it better than most new releases? Sure it is. Is Adams capable of more? Absolutely. And I for one think he’ll get there whether it’s another masterwork or by continuing to add to his already impressive body of work.
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