The Rentals

The Rentals是由Matt Sharp创立的，而他就是Weezer的前贝司手。Matt Sharp的离开是因为性格的孤僻还是与Rivers Cuomo的不和我们就不讨论了，关键还是由他所组建的这支乐队给人不一样的感觉。女歌手绵绵乖巧的嗓音给人感觉曲调相当轻快，和声也做的相当漂亮。距离上张作品Seven More Minutes已经有很长一段时间了，而The Rentals的这次回归给人感觉相当惊喜，因为他们带来一张非凡的创意混合作品“Songs About Time”，包括歌曲，摄影作品以及设计图稿，而这张EP便是这张作品的第一部分，感觉相当不错。而Pixie吉他手的友情加入同样也是看点。
The Rentals were the new wave-influenced project of singer/songwriter Matt Sharp, former bassist for power pop favorites Weezer. Born in Arlington, VA, on September 22, 1969, Sharp co-founded Weezer in 1992, and in the months to follow, the band emerged as one of the most popular up-and-coming acts on the Los Angeles club scene; their self-titled debut LP appeared on Geffen two years later, becoming a major hit thanks their smash single and video "Buddy Holly." During the spring of 1994, Sharp mounted the first Rentals studio session; assembling a roster including Weezer drummer Pat Wilson, that dog. violinist Petra Haden, vocalist/keyboardist Cherielynn Westrich, and guitarist Rod Cervera, subsequent dates yielded the group's 1995 debut, Return of the Rentals, which notched a hit with the infectious "Friends of P." Sharp returned to Weezer to record the band's acclaimed 1996 follow-up, Pinkerton, but announced his exit from the lineup in February 1998; the second Rentals album, Seven More Minutes, followed a year later. After a six year hiatus, Sharp brought back the Rentals in 2005. After touring with Ozma in the summer of 2006, Sharp's group released the EP The Last Little Life in 2007. In December of the same year, the Rentals announced that they would begin recording a new album in 2008.