2007 release from a band whose self-titled debut was one of our more favorite records of 2005. Now, with “Hiding Out Loud” comes the follow up. The sound reminds me a lot of bands like The Shazam (listen to song #4 below for best example of this), “Frosting”-era The Posies, Superdeluxe, Superdrag, The Figgs and Sloan. This has a bit more edge and rock ‘n roll spirit than the debut but they don’t lose the melodies or hooks and that is more than A-OK to these ears. Stacks of refreshing, slippery hooks, sugary subversive melodies inside the rocking guitar lines all over the place, all wrapped up in a `could be huge playing in arenas in that alternate musical universe so many of us rhasodize over-a-few-beers.` Brimming with great, memorable song after song, blossoming into Technicolor view. These `frauds` are the real deal and about as authentic as it gets. Solid, meaty, no-frills songs with mucho pompy pop with rock attitude, big guitar lines and riffs, gritty vocals and melodies up the gazoo! Not merely the sum of their influences but authentic slab of real rock ‘n roll with a pop center. Yes, Not Lame is over the top on this one. This the real deal when comes to combining the ‘power’ and ‘pop’ in ‘power pop’. Yes, it’s one of those ‘unavoidable’ Extremely Highly Recommended releases!
 Song #1 - mp3
Song #2 - mp3
Song #3 - mp3
Song #4 - mp3
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