I love Sydney's The On And Ons. In fact, I got pissed off at missing there 2015 debut album, Calling, when I reviewed the follow up Welcome Aboard as I had followed the guys elsewhere. They've constantly bothered our Best Albums Of The Year.
You can read previous reviews here, here and here. America will love them and so I'm really pleased that Marty Scott's Jem label. They are very 60s in sound, but across the decade. not stuck in one place and they are also not afraid of taking different avenues.
So you get songs that sound Merseybeat, UK Beat, Psych Pop, West Coast Jangle and more. They certainly master the sound in original fashion, the 60s comparison is the sound. This lot are no copy band on another beautifully produced album.
There are others who follow this path, but none are so consistent. Just one listen to Coming On Strong underlines this. Yet there are also variations aplenty. Something New, mixes Psych Pop with Jangle Pop and adds some great vocal harmonies.
Ramblin' Ruth is a doppelgänger for early The Who. Ride Away is wonderful gentle Psych Pop. Yet Speck Of Smiling Faces is classic Power Pop. My Old Ways even gets close to Motown, very soulful. The opener, White Ships, is more 70s, not a million miles away from Glam Rock.
Luminary never drops below high quality across the 14 songs. Wonderfully arranged and performed, this is an album of great choruses that you will soon be singing along to. Guitar Pop at its finest as it has always been throughout the band's career.
You can listen to and buy the album here. The CD is available everywhere.
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