Wolf Manhattan, the folk-punk-garage persona, releases his second album, "Real Life is Overrated" today.
The new album maintains the same essence as the first one - featuring catchy and concise songs about death, office parties gone wrong, nostalgia, lost dreams, social anxiety, and minimum wage jobs. However, this time around, the wolf has pushed boundaries, not constrained by studio limitations on the number and type of instruments as with the first album. The result is a surprising blend of greatness, diversity, and harmony.
The album consists of thirteen sharply defined songs, recorded with the warmth of analogue sound and drawing musical inspiration from diverse sources, ranging from Lou Reed's 'Transformer' era to Jonathan Richman, Lee Hazlewood, and even Kraftwerk's 'The Man-Machine.' Clocking in at thirty minutes, it delivers joy from start to finish, filled with plenty of unpredictable moments.