No Pier Pressure
Brian Wilson has spoken bluntly about his retirement, which means his new solo album No Pier Pressure may be his last. It largely cedes the floor to duets with young singers like Kacey Musgraves, Nate Ruess of fun., and Zooey Deschanel, a foreign and not entirely flattering experiment for Wilson.
Though Brian Wilson’s last proper solo album, That Lucky Old Sun, was released in 2008, it’s hardly been a quiet seven…
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Since his creative re-emergence with the Wondermints in 1999, Brian Wilson has been a steady presence both in the studio and on the road, pr...
The special-guest collaborations on Brian Wilson’s 11th studio album don’t all gel, but the best are with his fomer Beach Boys bandmates
The 72-year-old’s 11th solo album evokes the same musical palette as The Beach Boys’ 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds, says Neil McCormick, but to very different effect