Sydney Trio The On And Ons offer up their fifth album and as you'd expect it is grooviness personified. Indeed the opening title track is all Austin Powers Groovy Baby Swinging 60s. Whilst being set firmly in the 60s, there is a lot of deviation around the decade.
Covering everything from Beat to Psych Pop, Bubblegum to Rock and much more, this is an incredibly enjoyable listen. Games People Pay for instance could easily be The Who and Rub Tomorrow has a real R & B (no not that R and B) snd heads well into the territory of The Len price 3.
Give Me Time is Merseybeat with a real twang, yet It's Not Over is splendid melodic Psych Pop. With Your Heart is built around a driving bassline and wonderful organ strain, but is also bledded with a great Psychedelic Guitar solo that edges into 70s Rock as it progresses.
Patriot could appear on any of those massive Pop Rock albums from the 70s. Melodic with a great little drum roll, even the solo fits the genre. There is even time for a bigger Rock affair with a fine slurred vocal. It is an ace way to close the album.
You can imagine Lovin' Soul being played at a NME Winners Poll in 1966, but even poppier is Forlorn. A cracking slice of Power Pop that would light up any Facebook related forum. The beauty of The On And Ons is not just the variety, it is also their way with a hook.
Add that to the fab inclusion of Organ which lights up the songs it buts into. The band are not going to batter you with big riffs, there's a much appreciated gentleness to what they do, never losing sight of the song. Highly Recommended!
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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