I'm well late on this with two of my peers and friends at
Add To Want List and
Faster And Louder getting on the case in February. So it is about time that I remedied my lack of a review.Spain's Feedbacks are masters at the type of Power Pop that we all love.
Available on the ace Hurrah! Musica, a label that has kept the spirit of Guitar Pop thriving, Feedbacks are probably the cream of crop. They've provided great Power Pop over three decades, without ever offering up a duff song, so they are not going to start doing so now.
The album crosses into everything you've known and loved about the genre. Think Shoes, Merseybeat, The Records, Weezer, the 90s Revival, indeed anyone who has graced the scene. Hooks aplenty, massive choruses and engaging solos, they have it all.
Five Hours Drive even gets all Teenage Fanclub whilst Back To The Sun is not a million miles away from Big Star with an absolutely killer Guitar sound. Songs About Her reminds you of the great 70s Pop Rock bands. 1995 sounds very err 1995.
Bring Back The Light closes the album and is the only time the album slows down. Acoustic that sounds a little Smokie, yet could be Chinn And Chapman. This album is Power Pop at its very best. Certainly. likely to be that genre's album of the year.
It underlines how feel good this sort of music is. It does now feel like the summer. It takes a lot of effort to offer up 11 songs that don't drop in quality. I could have embedded any of the songs and you will have different favourites. But this is a cracking album by a band who know what buttons to press.
You can listen to and buy the album
here. It is available on Vinyl or as a download.
