The Elected - Me First (Sub Pop, 2004)

The Elected
Me First
Sub Pop
2004

Rating: 6.5 trophy pigs out of 10

One of the first things you always see and hear when The Elected are mentioned is the phrase “featuring Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley”. Well, I’m here to say that I won’t be surprised if that changes soon – Sennett and company have created a wonderfully entertaining record, much more so than anything I’ve ever heard from Rilo Kiley. The music falls somewhere between The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/Beachwood Sparks-style California-fied country rock and spacy electro-pop like you might hear on a Postal Service record; and more than anything, the production on this album blends together all of these sounds in such a beautiful way that I think it would be difficult for most anyone to dislike this album.