Fountains of Wayne: a power-pop career of fits and starts

Fountains of Wayne always seemed like a band made for endless radio play and big commercial success. It never really came, but they kept going nonethelessFountains of Wayne's has been a career of fits and starts. In 1997 the single Radiation Vibe announced a band seemingly made for radio play and commercial success, merging melancholy character studies with choruses that seemed genetically engineered for singalongability. But the radio play and commercial success didn't come, and after two album...

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