It's kind of like dinner with your mother

With a haze that recalls Yo La Tengo, hooks that resemble Pavement, song structures and vocals that evoke Elliott Smith and a producer who is duck-call player Jason Lytle from Grandaddy, Earlimart has the attention of the indie crowd which isn't obsessed with originality. And since the album title makes a statement for solidarity, Earlimart sounds like the house band for its forefathers. \nEveryone Down Here is an extremely consistent, concise and decent record from a band that is both dutifully reverent and partially restrained. That the drum sound and doo-hickey effects are stolen from Sumday can be blamed on Lytle, who obviously worked on the albums at the same time. The guitars are noisy at times, but as everyone knows by now, these kinds of bands weren't made to be played at whelming volumes. \nYour problem might be that Everyone Down Here is no better or worse than 15 others you might of heard of or three bands you could see at Vertigo. My problem is trying to come up with enthusiasm for a record I've been enjoying.