Sacramento quartet The Lucky Shots have great taste and possibly, a great record collection. Clearly Opaque is great Guitar Pop and a romp through its history. This, however, is no cover collection, yet the songs bring back great memories.
The band master a sound that evokes the journey that starts at 60s UK Beat and ends at the current year taking all that goes between. They especially evoke UK New Wave, but also tread into the US New Wave that follows it.
They can Pop you with Power, but also Jangle as well as anyone and the 60s sounding songs are really Yeah Baby! Only The Night Knows mixes something that could be on Shindig or Ready Steady Go, but adds a hint of Blues Rock. Yet Jump Start adds Farfisa Pop to something that sounds more 80s.
Yet On The Run is great early 80s US Power Pop, Got My Eyes On You is down and dirty Rhythm And Blues, Face To Face Is Prime Time UK New Wave, yet I Heard enters the territory of The Len Price 3 and masters it.
Great To Be Alive mixes the sound of Woking with the Stiff Record Singles, yet For Tonight is great Jangle Pop with added Twang and a vocal that is a little Lee Mavers. All Alone is great Mod Pop, reminiscent of the late 70s Revival.
My own personal favourite is I've Become A Spy, a song that sort of mixes all that they do into one hit, it hits all the spots. Now for the secret, The Lucky Shots are a type of family affair of our long time favourite, Brent Seavers. This is a corker of an album, so much so that I could have picked any of the 14 songs to embed, but had to settle on 3.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on Vinyl, CD and as a download. The CD is on the Kool Kat label, as you might expect and can be purchased here.
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