As with The Singsby Hornets` previous two releases, "Something Old" is like a love letter to early/mid 70s British glam, pop and rock. PowerPopAHolic wrote this about their first album and it applies here: "Oozes cool and talent...neat pop-psyche...sounds like an updated version of The Sweet...a bit of Jellyfish meets Dream Syndicate...almost sounds like The Pillbugs...the guitar work here (very similar to Queen`s Brian May) is a joy to listen to throughout...You`ll have lots of fun with this release." Absolute Power Pop blog chimes(sic) in on this new one: "Lovers of glam-inflected power pop will want to be all over this one, as Allen once again mixes obscure covers and his own originals in a winning mix. The choice of covers is interesting to say the least. The opening "Stoned Houses No.1/Elevator" is a Rollers remake, the new-wave influenced antecedent of the Bay City Rollers. It`s a fun glam track that features those Tartan-sounding guitars. "Pinball" was a British Top 40 hit for Welsh singer Brian Protheroe in 1974, and here it`s an interestingly moody midtempo number. Most of you are familiar with David Essex and his classic 70s hit "Rock On"; here, Allen covers his "Gonna Make You a Star", a #1 UK hit, and for American ears like mine that didn`t catch the original its inclusion is welcome here, a lovely melodic tune that`s not unlike Teenage Fanclub. (Plus he throws in the obligatory classic TV tune cover, here it`s "Fight [The Flashing Blade]".) Among the originals, "Gettin` Better" is of a piece with those 70s covers, a trippy track that has Noel Gallagher written all over it; "She`s the One" is punchy power pop; and "Flower in the Rain" has the sound of a lost early 70s classic. Frankly, if you`re not familiar with the covers, you couldn`t tell the originals apart from them and that`s a high compliment to Allen." Deluxe packaging includes a sticker and colorful guitar pick! I love the idea of bands playing around with this formula - mixing cool, obscure covers that mean a lot to the artist and original songs in the spirit of those covers. It works here very, very well - I dig, you should too.
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