No better words uttered! Van Go have unleased their latest album, Pop Your Heart Out and have confidently presented us with, by far, their strongest effort to date. These are sassy, memorable tunes gleaned from shiny, classic pop influences. Delivered with class and vibrancy, their sense of melody is
augmented by sweetly buzzing guitar jangle and intertwined harmonies. The
band themselves use the description of themselves as Cracker meets Old 97`s and that works, but the songs here are pure pop in the vein of not only those bands(when they went for the pop jugular), but we`ll throw out Eugene Edwards, Chris Von Sneidern, Easterly, The Gin Blossoms, The Vanity Project, Eytan Mirsky and Guster. A good third of the material here reminds me of the classic skinny tie power pop album from D.L Byron "This Day And Age" and
the first Marshall Crensaw album, frankly. Listen to "Prettiest Girl"
below as an example. And there`s plenty more where that came from, rest assured. Like their last effort, We Happy Few, this 4th release from Van Go is full of insistent jangle hooks, airy choruses and large doses of great thumping rhythm guitars ascend/decend all wrapped inside of memorable songs. There`s plenty of musical depth here with Van Go`s brand of resonating jangling guitars, passionate vocals, crisp guitar tones. A winner, through and through, don`t let this one slip by. Extremely Highly Recommended!
 Greener - mp3
Fat and Happy - mp3
Bus To Nowhere - mp3
Prettiest Girl - mp3
Some Pale Saint - mp3 |
