This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
At first glance, Lit just look like another bunch of SoCal rockers with all the trendy body adornments — tattoos, piercings, braided beards. But it turns out they also have something their identikit contemporaries don’t: songwriting chops.
These guys have obviously spent more time listening to Elvis Costello and Cheap Trick than Korn and Tool, and it shows. With hummable riffs and shimmering harmonies, A Place In The Sun’s dozen tracks explode in your head like a cocktail of Pop-Rocks and Pepsi; meanwhile, singer A. Jay Popoff slyly twists lyrics like “You make me complete” until they evolve into “You make me completely miserable.” OK, maybe it isn’t Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds — but hey, it’s still better than most of what’s out there.
