Fountains of Wayne - Out-of-State Plates [Japan]

Most bands wouldn't follow up their long-awaited commercial breakthrough with a double-disc rarities collection, so it's hard not to see Fountains Of Wayne's 2005 odds-n-sods comp, Out-of-state Plates, as either a contractual obligation or a way to buy time as the group worked on the real sequel to 2003's Welcome Interstate Managers and its surprise smash single, "Stacy's Mom." Either way, it doesn't change the fact that Out-of-state Plates is a ragged collection of hits and misses that will satisfy Fow completists, while being of intermittent interest to recent converts or general power pop fans. Read More