Paul McCartney got just a bit more attention when he released his first solo album, seven years after the Beatles 1963 debut, than McCartneyite Jeff Murphy got when he released his first solo effort in January, nearly 30 years after his band Shoes released their landmark homemade 1977 debut, Black Vinyl Shoes. If you didnt trip over Cantilever on iTunes, as I did, this may be the first youve heard of it. But just as Chicagos still-running Shoes thrive as self-starters, this single Shoe makes the most of the breathing room to operate by his lonesome in his home studio; like Paul did, he plays all the instruments. After all these years, its a bit disorienting to hear the aging boomer deliver the same softly spun boy-girl themes, with the same winsome vocals. But though the sound is a bit patchwork at times, the timeless popcraft of tunes such as A Couple Of Words and Youre An Icon resists resistance.