Power Pop fan alert! Louie Golden's Sharon Is Karen arrive from Denton Texas to remind you how life affirming the genre can be. Heart of The World doesn't stay in one place, but it knows what it is good at and rams that home melodically.
There is variety and that is just as interesting. Say Goodbye is well fuzzed up and may just have saved the best to the last. A real Indie bitter sweet lyrical joy. Tear It Out rocks out of the blocks and sounds a little 80s Rock at times, excellently so with ace accompaniment from Ellie Reyff.
Ancient Dread is slightly slower and rhythmically even sounds a little funky instrumentally. The vocal clarity works really well as a counter balance and provides even more evidence that the album is far more than one trick pony.
But it is the Power Pop here that will probably grab the longer time followers here most. The blast in that is Carpet Burns (Sketches Of Pain) sets the scene. I Hate It Here takes you back to memories of how past Power Pop ruled.
Fork In A Toaster has a real urgency with a killer chorus and completes the opening three song memory jogger allowing the rest of the album to take different steps. A corking debut and it is so good to hear how melodic Guitar Pop can make you feel.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on Vinyl and as a download.
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