Super Cassette are brothers Max and Nick Gerlock, aided by Devin Hollister on Bass and David Rabkin on Drums. This is great Pop Rock that has its roots in Power Pop, but spreads its influences far and wide across the Pop genres.
Built around great riffs and catch all choruses. the latter of which arrive unexpectedly. There is an 80s feel at times, mainly due to synth additions, but there are also some great Guitar solos across low key verses and massive choruses.
Ember for instance is great Power Pop but starts as seemingly Indie Pop until that burst out chorus. Bastille Day is wonderfully upbeat and reminds me of The Sun Sawed In 1/2 at times. It also includes a mighty fine Guitar Solo.
Sliver is almost Disney Soundtrack to a Power Pop Beat and has another great Guitar solo. The band are also not afraid of going long. Ghost comes in at over 5 minutes and is epic, multi songs in one with an ease of changing direction. It even flirts with Psych Pop.
Continent goes all 80s Glasgow Guitar Pop and the title track even out Weezers Weezer, it is also a little Maple Mars. The beauty of Continue? is the sheer harmony and melody across the songs, be it vocals, instruments or songwriting. This is one of the great Guitar Pop albums of the year and a splendid debut.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is also available on Vinyl, CD or Cassette.
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The CD is great and I love the music but on "Path Through The Past" the lead singer is perfectly channeling Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman. There are several passages where you can easily imagine hearing Pee Wee singing.
ReplyDeleteI'm buying this one!