The Evening Sons - Tracks

 

The Evening Sons are another addition to Brent Rademaker's wonderful Curation label. I've followed Brent since his days in The Tyde and I expected his label to be dominant on West Coast sort of affairs. Not a bit of it, Curation is becoming a really burgeoning home for Power Pop and Pop Rock with an emphasis on melody and the guitar.

Even better for us is that the band are from Brighton and here in the UK, we aren't overrun with this sort of Guitar based joy. At its heart, the album is Slacker 90s, but the hooks range across the two earlier decades, riotously so.

It is very American, scuzzy and loose, but essentially amped up Power Pop. You can hear bits of The Ramones, but you also UK New Wave Guitar Pop and The TFC Glasgow crowd. But you also great harmonies that would adorn both 60s West Coast Pop Rock and that Power Pop revival of the 90s that wasn't afraid of melody and slower songs.

Summer Rain gets closest to Teenage Fanclub, yet This Time even manages to encompass three 70s UK genres in Glam, big sounding Big Rock riffs and the New Wave joy of say The Motors. It is the most melodic that The Evening Sons get and you can imagine the song being a great set closer.

Cindy's Sox heads into The Jam territory and Forcefield isn't a million miles from 80s AOR. Then Glenn Fry goes even further, this times towards Hair Metal. Let Her Run is splendid US Plimsoul Power Pop and Hey, Hey (Let's Get Lost) again trails UK Glam 1974, whilst also a little New York Dolls and close to label mates Uni Boys.

Then there is Superspreader, the ace trailing single, that is everything that you could want in a Guitar Pop song. The beauty of Tracks is that the songs are not like any similar new bands around who seem to only manage just over 2 minutes. These are four minute-ish wonders that allow the offering to reveal the full depth of its scope. There is a reason why I love both Pop and the Guitar and The Evening Sons explain why.

You can listen to and buy the album here.You can also delight at the development of Curation Records while you are there.

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