The Indianapolis Trio of Patrick O'Connor, Savannah O'Connor and Ed Cho offer up their second album and it is a corker. Whereas the debut album was a little Ride does Dream Pop, the follow up is less a hint of Shoegaze and more a large step into Indie Guitar Pop.
It does feel very 80s and also very Brit, but this is very much the better end of UK mid 1980 onwards. The riffs and the Jangle are much more upfront and the choruses are addictive. It is splendid example of how uplifting Guitar Pop can be in the right hands.
The best example of this is Scream And Shout which is a crackerjack of a song with a big jangled riff. Dead Language sounds like the best of The Lightning Seeds and The Summer Holiday and this is the Indie Pop that the trio absolutely excel at.
But the album is not all about the jaunty. Fading Into Nothing is all moody melancholia and Breathe has a riff that borders on Goth, The Cult maybe, but all done with Patrick O'Connor's sugar sweet vocal. Final Hours is a 5 and a half minute closer that you just marvel at.
Final Hours is a much slower sprawling affair that isn't a million miles away from Modern Prog. The riff is haunting and changes the mood as you realise how versatile the trio are and how much they have grown. It is one of the best songs that I have heard so far this year.
The essence of Murder Mittens is one of great Pop, for instance Me And The Multiverse edges towards The Housemartins. The sheer chipperness across the whole album is punctuated by moments of excellence that underline how different Resounding Maybes can be. Highly Recommended!
You can listen to and buy the album here and find ot more about the band here.
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Thanks so much for the kind words! :3
ReplyDeleteThese folks are the real deal. Excellent band and great writing.
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