Offspring started it all... With the help of an Iowa Arts Council grant, this album was recorded around the theme of parenthood. Songs include -She's My Girl-" "-Your Only Cup-," and -"Oh, Willa-" and have a pop as well as rootsy feel. Listen to samples on CD BABY. Their second CD, Perpendicular, saw the duo adding a bigger sound and highlighted a more blues-inflected sound. The folk-rock song, "-Heartland-," driving soulful call of-"Deep Down Deep-" or the piano rhythms of -Fragile Creatures-" as well as the Beatles-inspired"-Candlestick Park-"showcase Eacret's versatile chord changes and Ledeboer's memorable harmonies (CD Baby) Eacret outdid himself on love and Politics, their next venture, adding blues, rock, reggae and country sensibilities to his repertoire, on songs ranging from touching ballads like faith in myself to a satiric take on the interaction of world economic powers in -"Beijing Man-." Ledeboer adds a chorus of silvery harmonies such as on (-One God- and tender confessional leads (-"Faith in Myself- -i'll be good to you-
