Surrender Human are a trio from Chapel Hill North Carolina in which all three members sing. Their self titled debut is a splendid offering of laid back Guitar Pop, the type that you hear less and less of these days, sadly.
Before you say that you've never heard of them, this is a Pop Rock Supergroup of sorts. Consisting of Matt McMichaels of The Mayflies USA, Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five fame and Tony Stiglitz, Drummer with Chris Stamey.
The album is a sum of all their previous work, specialising in gentle pleasant Pop, an area that many try to succeed in and fail. These three master it and on a song like The Other Part Is Me venture into classic 70s Singer Songwriter Territory.
However the album gets even more interesting when it ventures away from the norm. It's Our Life is superb, hinting at Space Rock and even Psych Pop. There's A System is prime late 70s / early 80s New Wave Guitar Pop.
Two songs here are great Power Pop for different reasons. Girls Not Talking is classic 60s Power Pop, almost Merseybeat. The opener, Boxcar Reel, is the best song here, a melodic harmonic joy. It is a sort of cross between early The Who and great Psych Pop. Short and incredibly sweet. Surrender Human is a fine feel good album, you should invest in it.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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