We love Kelly`s Heels. You should, too. Why? They do the Beatles, 70`s skinny tie power pop angle better than 99% of the bands out there, fact. Kelly`s Heels evoke a long line of favorite bands, a short list which would include: Everly Brothers, The Who, The Toms, The Scruffs, The Rubinoos, Rocpile, poppy pub-rock(think Ducks Deluxe), Raspberries, early The Rooks, more recently Mark Bacino and that little band from yesteryear, The Beatles. As we have said before here, "Kelly`s Heels is doing some of the finest, most consistently listenable, Fab Four-inspired, power pop on the planet." "Dig In!" is the most recent release from Australia`s growing, excellent label, Popboomerang. And, here, on this compilation they cherry pick from all Kelly`s Heels album, as well as the earlier incarnation of the band, The Ashes and then stir in a couple of unreleased tracks and a handful of remixes from the 3rd Heels album, Bent Over Backwards. For good measure there`s even a remix taken from last years Three Chord Brag. 7 of these 18 trax are, in fact, re-mixing upgrades from their earlier version providing more punch and power. It`s fruity and tangy. Something like smelling salts to your poor, modern rock-abused tastes. No screaming here, folks- except from the audience. None of your body cavities will feel invaded, no sharp prickly sensations in your navel. No co-dependent, suicidal love songs. Just good, wholesome, fully-flavored pop you can savor. Outstanding, first-rate power pop done as only Kelly`s Heels can.
Extremely Highly Recommended!
"Kelly`s Heels are all about the magic ingredients of jangle, verse/chorus/verse, and majestic harmonies - think of a less-quirky Squeeze or a punchier Records and you`re nearly there. And since we`re playing the comparison game, if you didn`t know better, you`d swear you were listening to a recently-exhumed "Labour Of Love"-era Nick Lowe outtake with "Making Me Go On." You know, before he got all maudlin after Carlene Carter dumped him.. Bob Kelly is a wry, romantically-obsessed songwriter (dare I use the word "genius" - aw hell, why not?) who subscribes to traditional pop songwriting values and never suffers from self-conscious overambition... power pop diehards shouldn`t let that deter them from tracking down this minor masterpiece"-I94Bar.com
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