Todd Snider
The Devil You Know
(New Door/Universal)
Snider creates the illusion of disengagement, that he might inhabit the life of the loser he no longer is. If you haven’t had to hang drywall for a tyrant or don’t see the relevance of President Bush’s frat-boy past—well, Snider has and does. His path to rock is through humour and truth.
Doug Taylor