Jonathon Richman's geek kid brother
author: Bangsheet, May 2000
"...BOOOM! This thing, this song, this upbeat, positive, sunshiny, song had me giddy as all
hell. "Nothing New" is the fucking "MMmBop" for the sort of independent, alternative,
and college rock geek set... You gotta figure this guy, John Haydon, has something wrong
with him, or just maybe he's Jonathon Richman's geek kid brother. When he pairs his
"Cherry Blossoms" with Gram Parsons' "One Hundred Years" you'd have a hard time
separating the two songwriters ... Grievous angels be damned, on Resolve John Haydon has
them dancing around like little girls at a slumber party, and I wanna be there."
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