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Pico vs Island Trees: Just Wait.

by C. Michael Bailey
January 16, 2004

Youth is wasted on the young...

Pico vs Island Trees is a trio of scary talented 19-year-olds en route to college, who have taken a detour into recording smart, pop-inflected songs. Lead vocalist Bryan Carter sounds faintly like a John Mayer with balls and much better song writing skills. The songs have a hint of Counting Crows and Ben Folds Five, but, alas, arrive at quite a unique popular vision.

The music is mostly acoustically based with electric ...