Album Notes

The punkish pop haiku "Girl'd Again" - all la-la's and yeah-yeah's - kicks off the eclectic debut of this mysterious Portland outfit. It's a thick n' chewy batter of original indie-rock, pop and alt-whatnot, full of sugary nuggets and salty asides. "Chez Stadium [has] produced one quality record." - spunoutcentral.com "Is there pop rock that is so perfect for the radio that it, in fact and for some ironic reason, does not get airplay? Here is an album so in tune with what radio pop rock could be if it just upped its standards a little bit...If I had all the power in the world, I would make every pop radio station in the country play Freshman Slump." - Delusions of Adequacy "Pleasantly upbeat pop songs that are, at once, twangy, bittersweet and refreshingly optimistic." - Willamette Week "[There's] a playfulness and a puppy-dog romantic outlook at the disc's heart that elevates it above the standard singer-songwriter startup. Randall Payton...busts through a dozen tracks about girl trouble in all its forms. His songwriting is clean and engaging, covering the bases from string-laden ballad ("She Doesn't Know About You") to rollicking crunchfest ("Girl'd Again"). Chez Stadium kick out catchy riffs on nearly every track... [A] highly promising debut that endears itself all the more for not taking itself too seriously." - Splendid Magazine "If you enjoy super-catchy rock in the vein of Guided By Voices, these boys have got your number." - OEbase.com - - - Say hello at http://www.myspace.com/freshmanslump Learn more about Success Pool Records artists and friends at http://www.successpool.com