If this album wasn’t by Adam Green, one half of the now defunct (but being rediscovered currently, thanks to the Juno soundtrack) New York duo Moldy Peaches, and well-known scion of the Anti Folk scene, it would be very easy to write it off as a great big ostentatious dose of cheese. From the big show-tune numbers like opener 'Festival Song'; the singa-longa-Adam 'Morning After Midnight', complete with corny sax and comedy “boing boing” sound effects; and the, frankly, pretty excruiciating 'Twee Twee Dee' (the title probably tells you a lot about how this one is going to go) there is much here that, on the first few listens, had me reaching for the metaphorical sick bag.  But... but”¦Â Get beyond the smart-alec, raised eyebrow delivery (the closest comparison to which would perhaps be later-period Divine Comedy) and the OTT instrumentation, and you will probably, as I did, find stuff here to enjoy. Green has an undeniably impressive voice ”“ deep, rich, warm and tuneful; and a beguiling way with melody. When the two collide ”“ most successfully on 'Tropical Island', 'You Get So Lucky' (with its appealing use of pan pipes), and the quirky duet 'Drowning Head First' ”“ I found that, almost despite my better instincts, I was growing to enjoy what I heard.The lyrics, in most cases are impenetrable and surreal, but often with unexpected and interesting rhymes viz “Courageous doofus by design / Blankets filled with iodine” (from 'Tropical Island'); and the marvellous couplet “He was a well-dressed suitor / He had bad breath and candour” from 'That Sounds Like a Pony', a spoken-word track that is closer to performance poetry than rap.Having personally gone from outright loathing to begrudging enjoyment of several of the tracks here (and there are certainly enough to choose from ”“ 20 in total, most of them mercifully short), I would probably want to retain, for iPod listening purposes 'Festival Song', 'Tropical Island', 'Morning After Midnight', 'You Get So Lucky', 'Drowning Head First', and 'Broadcast Beach'. As for the rest, I would gladly never listen to a single one of them again. 48%Links Adam Green [official site] [myspace]