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Cumulus + bonus disc
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Quantity in Basket:
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Price: $16.00
Artist:
Mark & The Clouds
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WOW!! Their sophomore outing is another fine collection of 60’s-tinged power pop that also leans towards psych pop. “A terrific set of new songs of yearning, lusting, failed relationships, and anger that are a mixture of upbeat music, garage-pop-psych ballads, and rock. There some interesting touch points as well. ‘Hit By Lightning’ bears a passing resemblance to Hawkwind’s ‘Silver Machine,’ ‘Baby You’re Just a Liar’ rocks like The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go,’ the acid folk ballads ‘Another Grey Morning’ and ‘Take My Sky’ could have been ‘Ummagumma’-era Pink Floyd tracks. Running through all the songs are electrifying fuzzed/tremelo/jangling guitars, Mellotron, and great vocal harmonies. The songs that really stand out for me are the Syd Barrett-influenced ‘Another Grey Morning’ with trippy vocals, minor chords, and harmonium; the acid folk ‘I’m Stopping Here (Bombs & Guns)’, the West Coast psych ala The Byrds ‘Don’t Block the Sun’, and the acid folk album closer ‘Evil Fairies’.” - Henry Schneider “What a glorious racket this is! Their modus operandi, of course, has not changed – classic 60’s-styled pop that prompts comparisons to everyone from the Beatles to the Kinks and onto the Small Faces, but with an extra-added buoyancy that bops in corners that most others never think of. This is one of those fist-pumping, knee bending, guitar strumming offerings that leaves you grinning like a loon for days on end, a transistor radio worth of hits-you-missed that sends you scrambling over the sand dunes to sit near the person who’s playing it loudest – in fact, it seems strange to be playing it in the depths of an east coast winter, when it ought to be adding its weight to the sunniest day. No matter. Eased into the mood by ‘On Her Bike’, set dancing by ‘Road, Mud and Cold’, and reeling by ‘Hit By Lightning’ – we’re only three tracks in and already, ‘Cumulus’ has tingled toes that most records never touch. By the time you hit ‘You’re Just a Liar’, ‘Take My Sky’, and ‘Don’t Block the Sun’, you’re reaching for their debut album and bunkering in for the long haul. Just don’t dare leave the room, ‘cos you’ll miss another killer hook.” – Goldmine Magazine COMES WITH A BONUS CD OF THE BAND’S LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE HALF MOON IN PUTNEY, LONDON! GREAT!!!
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