San Francisco's The Campbell Apartment never ever disappoint. I suppose that you might call the trio, ;ed by Ari Vais, Indie Rock, but they cross genres into Pop Rock, Power Pop, Alt Rock and IRS joy. Here though my prevalent take is how Brit Pop they sound at times.
Not the bombastic headline grabbing Pop Rock, but the cleverer stuff that was on the edges. Melody driven with nods to the back end of the 60s. They allow well arranged and written songs to breathe. They never sound ordinary all through the variety.
But is not all about Pop Rock and Brit Pop. Words With Birds is superb Classic Rock and Grudge is all 90s Alt Rock with a big hint of Garage Rock. Life On An Oil Rig is somewhere between Acoustic Country and Americana with a switch of vocal from deep to McCartney Pop.
There is a nice mix of Acoustic and Electric, but it is the Guitar Pop that will light up people's eyes most. Winter 2028, featured on the current Listening To This Week Playlist is top notch Power Pop and 30,000 Days sounds like The Supernaturals in their prime.
Tululah Says is 90s Slacker Rock of the highest order and Ambulem could be Blur with a better vocalist than Damon Albarn and adds a wonderful Psych Pop solo to the great great Pop. An absolutely splendid album, yet I suspect that Ari has already moved on to the next one.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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