We are long term fans of Sydney's The On and Ons. Their fifth album, Let Ya Hair Down, featured in our Best 100 Albums Of 2023. You can read the review here. 5 Tracks from that album feature amongst the 13 here. Come On In is a compilation selected from their previous albums with three new songs added.
We also reviewed 2018's Welcome Aboard here. It is great that Jem have brought the band to the American market, as the reach out of Australia evaded them and all of their albums particularly suit that country. The three new songs are great. Sadly, the 2 of the 3 streams for those songs are not available in the UK.
I have posted the Soundcloud links for the newbies, knowing that listeners elsewhere will be able to hear them. The other 10 songs can be heard on the band's Bandcamp site and there are three song embeds in each of the two reviews.
The sound is very 60s lead, taking in UK Beat, Psych Pop and Pop Rock. They easily venture into Power Pop, Merseybeat and Brit Pop as well as other Guitar Pop genres. Games People Play still sounds as great here as it ever did with its UK New Wave 70s joy.
As with any compilation, the selection for long time fans may be disagreed with. I know that I would have chosen Run To Tomorrow and Patriot from Let Ya Hair Down, but the album isn't aimed at me, nor should it be. The remaster sounds wonderful and it really is exciting that the band may get a much deserved wider audience.
The CD is available from all music retailers worldwide. You can listen to and buy the back catalogue of the band here.
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