In 1995, Matthew Sweet released his album 100% Fun. His fifth solo album, it would be the biggest thing he would do for his whole career - including generating this big hit single, his only appearance on the US pop charts.
Really, Matthew Sweet has made a career making great pop-rock music in relative obscurity. So how did he get his gem in his hands?
Well, he wrote it. And performed most of it himself. Sure, he had a couple of guitarists and a drummer backing him on this track. Richard Lloyd's guitar is particularly strong here - but the licks were crafted by Sweet.
Here are Sweet and Lloyd performing the song live on MTV in 1995. You can see Richard just shreding and Matthew giving his all.
Sweet still performs, too. Here he is, with Jason Victor backing him on lead guitar, at the Paste Studios in 2017. With no rhythm section to back them, the song just becomes a guitar god dream, complete with trick ending.
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