HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! At last, Memphis' underdog pop star Rich Crook has found his true calling: Delicately desecrating the three-minute rule in hit songwriting, and exploding forth with an unprecedented susceptibility that still brandishes it's dimly flickering punk roots in between hot flashes. As Crook's new primary musical vehicle, LOVER! exceeds all expectations from this one-time member of such projectile punk pioneers, REATARDS and LOST SOUNDS. You could tell even from his later involvement with VIVA L'AMERICAN DEATH RAY and collaborating with JACK OBLIVIAN in The KNAUGHTY KNIGHTS, Crook had way too much potential to stand back and let the world pass him by, and this why LOVER! needs to be, and why it thrives!
