What do you get when you cross Taylor Hanson with one of the founding members of Smashing Pumpkins? It isn't "Disarm," but it sure ain't "MMMbop" either. The answer is Tinted Windows, the pop-rock outfit formed by the middle Hanson (now a father of four), James Iha, Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger (he also wrote the Jonas Brothers' "I Am What I Am") and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, who joined Cheap Trick about two decades before Taylor Hanson was born.
If you're expecting Middle of Nowhere Part 2, expect to be disappointed (also, let it go already!) Their debut single, "Kind of a Girl," sounds far more like Fountains of Wayne than a screechy teeny track (thanks to no pint-sized Zac on vox.)
Watch for Tinted Windows' April 21st full-length debut on S-Curve Records (which means they'll be in the same family as We The Kings!) and SXSW performances before that.
Until then, listen to "Kind of a Girl," and Hanson fans, talk to me: Is Tinted Windows your version of the Second Coming, or are you a Hanson purist?
+ PLUS: Watch Hanson's MTV.com Live performances!