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The Songs of The Posies Revisited
(Burning Sky Records)
Where do I start with this. Well, how about "It's Incredible!" Burning Sky follows up last years wonderful Jellyfish tribute with a very risky 3 disk set with the music of The Posies. This is no easy task, since The Posies music is some of the most complex melodic masterpieces ever made in the pop world, but there is honestly 45 well done tracks by artists that obviously love the band's music.
Highlights include (and there are 45 of them) The Drowners "I May Hate You Sometime", which is radio ready and shows this song still sounds as current as it did when it first released in 1988. Other rockers fair well on the album too; Every Damn Day' rocks out "Help Yourself" fiercely, and you can sense the raw emotion Peter Searcy puts into "Please Return It".
The Well Wisher's "Everyone Moves Away" flows with perfect harmonies that would make Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow proud. Arguably the stand out track is "You Avoid Parties" that is gorgeously done by We Know, Plato! They guitars are replaced with keys and sung with simple, yet passionate vocals that show just what a beautiful escape The Poises music is.
The set also includes great tracks by all 4 members of band, making this on of the most essential albums of 2008. I'm not sure how you top a tribute album like this, but if anybody can do it will be Burning Sky Records.
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Kings X "Alright" One of the most underrated bands in music has to be Kings X. They have been putting out quality album after another, and this lead off single from their latest "XV" is as much hook filled power pop that you can cram into two minutes and fifty seven seconds. Roll down the window, crank the volume knob, and try not to sing along. This is unquestionably Popbang's summer anthem of 2008!
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Collective Soul "All That I Know" Here is a band that I started out hating. When their breakthrough hit "Shine" came out in 1993 (15 years ago?!?), I thought it was just another Pearl Jam wannabe band. But with every release since then, Collective Soul has become a hook filled power house of quality rock! I mean it, this is a band that absolutely gets it! This gem from their latest release proves that the older we get, the more fun we have! Will it be a hit? No chance. But it is 100% fun, high quality stuff!
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