Sour Ops - Bikers Make Better Lovers

 

It is an extraordinarily fine time for Guitar Pop and Indie Rock presently as favourites return with new albums, it's just finding the time to tell you all about them that holds back joy. Nashville Trio, Sour Ops are first up to enhance your lugholes.

The band mix Indie Rock with Power Pop and Guitar Pop. A little rockier than those around them, songwriter Price Harrison's vocal helps make them so. His voice allows them to straddle genres meaning they are at ease in whatever direction they choose.

The riffs are heavier than you might expect, at times bordering on the rockier side of Indie Rock, yet also in touch with something more Classic. Power Pop with an edge and even an ability to mirror UK Glam Rock or sound like someone such as The Successful Failures, particularly on All That Matters Now with some ace Pedal Steel courtesy of Paul Niehaus.

The Power Of Right Now is Glam Rock played with a Power Pop beat. Opting Out opens up the album with a New Wave Synth Intro before moving at pace into something a little 80s Indie aided by an absolutely killer solo.

She's So Strange is melodic Indie Rock and adds a blistering Fuzz solo and No Winner Tonight borders Garage Rock and Punk. Fake Appeal is Noo Yawk sleaze. Sour Ops don't come up for air through all 10 songs, not that you'd ever want them to. Great Stuff!

You can listen to and buy the album here.

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Sour Ops - Evangeline

 

The fourth album from Nashville's Sour Ops fully realises their Pop Rock aspirations. You've already heard the splendid Standing In The Shadows on a Listening To This Week Playlist, so now you have a chance to hear what they are really about.

That is somewhere between Power Pop and 80s Rock with notable exceptions. For instance, Don't Make Me Go Down There heads nearer well produced Garage Rock, whilst Night Magic is more 70s Melodic Rock and You're Letting Me Down.

But it is when the band hit the 80s with the likes of Overcoming and Things Better With You, that they excel, great Pop Rock with hints of the decade's synth obsession. Price Harrison's vocals suit the period wonderfully well, a sort of melodic growl with a mix of Tom Petty. 

They even go into 60s UK Beat Pop with She's The One. Every song on offer is melodic goodness, well arranged and performed. Sour Ops are not trying to reinvent the wheel, just offer up fine harmonic catchy Pop Rock and they succeed admirably at that.

You can listen to and buy the album here.

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