It has been a handful of years since we last heard from The Shadow Kabinet but they have returned, working out a carefully crafted gem that channels `66-era George Harrison, Andy Partridge and Martin Newell and more. Indeed, SK channel the psychedelic side of Andy Partridge(by way of "Sgt. Pepper`s") so incredibly well that read what `the X man` says himself: "When greyness strikes run to the Kabinet of Dr. Shadow. He`ll put the psychedelia back in your step!" - Andy Partridge XTC. You`ll find deposits of Syd Barrett Floyd, The Move and Skip Bifferty slipping in and out of focus, too. SK is one Steve Somerset and he`s obsessed with not playing by the rules, God bless the boy because the man is a crazy, manic mad music scientist in the genre of psych-pop done modern-day style. Like Martin Newell on acid instead of pot? Well, sorta---it`s not *that* out there but that is a signpost of sorts. If pop artists had a busker-ish quality, The Shadow Kabinet would be in demand in villages across Europe and rightfully so. ""Steve Somerset, AKA The Shadow Kabinet, deserves to take his place among the distinguished company of several English `60s-inspired psych-pop troubadours. If you are so inclined you can detect in his music traces of Bowie, Syd, Donovan, Ray Davies, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, Martin Newell and a score of lesser lights, but such influence-spotting is to miss the point. Mr Somerset excels at inventive and romantic tunes on which he plays and sings everything. The songs are simply too good to be derivative; fans of the artists mentioned above will really enjoy this CD. " Shindig! Magazine. "Steve Somerset sings in the John Lennon tradition, to some extent. There are traces of George Harrison as well, within and without the Beatles, and other 1960s music harder to pin down, and a little bit of vintage Bowie and Roxy Music. The album opens and ends with some great 60s flavoured pop songs that are hummable and preserve or improve your high spirits. Pop songs that keep spinning in the head in a non annoying way. For instance "What Am I Supposed To Do?" sounds like Lennon in fine form with Harrison on a nice slide guitar. "Office Life" is a mysterious cross between Roxy of the 70s and underground hero Martin Newell of the 80s." - The Lunar Cafe Global Music Inn. VERY Highly Recommended!!
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