You could make apt comparisons between The Whispertown 2000 and bands like Rilo Kiley, and you would be justified — Blake Sennett and Jenny Lewis are some of the bands principal supporters even when songwriter Morgan Nagler was flying solo. Their sunny Californian folk dances through your headphones, especially during these winter days, but there seems a nagging lack of washboard percussion. Songs like "Old Times" is a hand clapping, foot stomping jamboree, with Nagler’s honey vocals leading the way.
The band just recently released The Get Happy EP featuring gems "Get Happy" and "The Everybody" as a followup to 2008’s full length Swim and I can only hope it’s a hint of another full length around the corner. Nagler will be playing solo under the moniker Whispertown(solo) at the Bootleg Theater on Jan. 12th with Jake Bellows(Neva Dinova), The Heartstring Symphony and The Quick Hellos.
-Angelo Lorenzo