***PAGE FRANCE’s fifth release in four years, yet in spite of the band’s oft-lauded prolific nature and numerous national tours, principle songwriter MICHAEL NAU has only recently dropped his reluctance to call what started in 2004 as a “songwriting project‚” anything but that. “For the first time, it really feels like we’re a band,” Michael said of Page France. “... and the Family Telephone is definitely the most collaborative record that I’ve ever done. Everybody had their input and there are a lot of fingerprints on it.” Most of those fingerprints are the same ones which have been on Page France albums since the beginning: Michael Nau on lead vocals and guitar, WHITNEY McGRAW on backing vocals, and CLINTON JONES and JASEN REEDER forming the rhythm section. Nau’s lyrics call to mind Dylan or Nilsson ghostwriting for Margo Guryan, all well-accompanied by a range of upbeat instrumentation. Trumpets blare over jangly acoustic guitar, then both are laid out as a perfect blanket for Nau’s vocals.