ALEX G - GOD SAVE THE ANIMALS (LP/CD) APPAREL " the buoyancy of the

" the buoyancy of the band's demeanor negates in the inevitable bummer

Citizen is looking inward

James Spaulding (alto sax/flute)

or less gentle

The remaining ten were written by songwriters running the gamut from Curtis Mayfield and Jackson Browne to Del Shannon and the Goffin-King team

ALEX G - GOD SAVE THE ANIMALS (LP/CD) APPAREL " the buoyancy of theBLACK VINYL LP. or CD. God figures in the new album from Philadelphia, PA based Alex Giannascoli's LPs title, its first song, and multiple of its thirteen tracks thereafter, not as a concrete religious entity but as a sign for a generalized sense of faith (in something, anything) that fortifies Giannascoli, or the characters he voices, amid the songs often fraught situations. Beyond the ambient inspiration of pop, Giannascoli has been drawn in recent