THE MATURE CLASSIC

Evan Dando ★★★★★ Baby I’m Bored

(SETANTA, 2003)

Working with producer-songwriter Jon Brion, longtime fan Ben Lee, Howe Gelb, Codeine drummer Chris Brokaw and Calexico’s Joey Burns, Dando made the album of his career so far. Twelve blithe, poignant evaluations of life’s highs and lows, softened by darkness, and lit by an eerie twilight optimism. It pointed a way forward… but to where, we’re still waiting to find out.