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):
He used to want Sex And Candy. But now, it seems Marcy Playground singer-songwriter John Wozniak wants a little more respect.
So on his trio’s second album Shapeshifter, he’s begun to transform into a Sensitive Artist™, trying to balance his lighthearted, Weezer-witted pop with weightily earnest, mid-tempo alt-rockers — including one that’s basically a rewrite of (shudder) The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. That’s all we need. Hopefully, Wozniak will transmogrify back into a popster — and fast.
