Album Notes

THE ART OF WASTING TIME is the debut CD from LOST WEEKEND, the latest incarnation of singer/songwriter/guitarist Scott Roberts and longtime collaborator/drummer Mike Joswick. What does the band (named after their favourite LLOYD COLE song) sound like? Imagine if REM had been influenced more by the BEATLES, BYRDS, & traditional early '60s folk music than by PATTI SMITH, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, & late '70s punk, OR if MARSHALL CRENSHAW had grown up in the South instead of Detroit, then you will begin to get an idea of the sound of LOST WEEKEND. Often juxtaposing downbeat lyrical subject matter dealing with loss, betrayal, confusion, obsession, & disillusionment with upbeat, jangly-guitars & harmony-laden musical arrangements, LOST WEEKEND celebrate & embrace the overlooked joy in sorrow. Here's what a few people have said about THE ART OF WASTING TIME: "...mines '80s Southern jangle-pop to satisfying effect..." (Jeff Clark, STOMP & STAMMER) "...what a terrific record!..