Pigeon Club is the vehicle for Los Angeles's Wayne Whittaker and he has come up with a splendid listen. The self titled album is a three way fight between Pop Rock, Americana and Singer Songwriter excellence. I'm sure the Americana Reviewers are tearing their hair out as nothing is allowed to vary from a mediocre template.
I'm sure that those reviewers feel the same way as Pop Rock, but they have got a particularly irritating music snob attitude. As you'd expect it is the Pop Rock that appeals most to me here and those songs just ooze out excellence.
Knots is certainly one of the best songs that I've heard, it is so damn catchy in its moodiness. Not So Sure is a real jaunty affair that pushes all the right buttons. Living Proof I'm A Fraud could easily appear on the classic Pop Rocks of the 90s, real top notch singer songwriter goodness with a screaming guitar solo.
Worry About It is very Gerry Rafferty goes Country and it is a beautiful listen. What If I Don't Get Sick is again close to Rafferty in mood and vocal style. Indeed a lot of the songs on show feel very British, wonderfully so.
Tumble On is like one of those West Coast Moody Ballads, as fine an example of a closing song as you could ever want. Little Yellow Legal Pad is a strumming Country-ish joy. The Hell Song has a hell of a twang. To be honest, there's not a duff song here.
Whittaker's voice is low key and gentle, ideally suiting the material. My real hope is that the album doesn't get caught in the mix of material. Ideally this should be filed under Singer Songwriter and it deserves its place among the great company that you'll find in that section.
You can listen to and but the album here.
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