Monday, July 26, 2021

Round & Round, Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds

Round & Round, Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds, 2013, :24

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Modern blue-eyed soul-rock.  Faithful to the classics, with all the requisite falsetto and whooping the genre dictates, yet fresh and full of modern energy.  However, it's not all dance party.  "Good Love" is a nearly a cappella hymn-like love song, and "Take a Chance" is an old school pleading song, Clark's voice vibrating with emotion as he begs his lady to try him out.  Favorite tracks: "Round & Round," "Summer Girls," "Burn You Up."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...