Let`s get this up front. A classic type of Not Lame styled power pop and their strongest release yet. Think a mixture of early Posies material has("Failure" and "Dear 23"), America, Bread, Cloud Eleven all wrapped up in a love of Badfinger and late 60`s/early 70`s Bee Gees and probably some solo George Harrison if Wings were backing him up. Translation: It`s a big winner! Led by Stephen Bunovsky, who was in Hanna Cranna(and has a solo CD on the site, too), "Sunshine Girl" is a beguilingly haunting display of smart and sweet harmonies that while acoustically driven on many of the songs here, have an overpowering affect. Kudos to Bunovsky writing an album confident to be hushed and acoustically strummed where the song demands such treatment and resist the temptation to blast the pop hook out front. It`s the graceful, gentle summer-breezed air of the entire release that makes it so enjoyable from the first listen and onward. "Sunshine Girl" is the type of release that we hope bring the name The Naomi Star into the minds of indie power pop fans world-wide as it`s deserved of that status. Listen
below and there`s a lot of the proof right there. This bit was written
about their self-titled debut but it applies here well and we`ll reuse as it`s illuminating on both releases. "Melodic songwriting, lots of harmonies and an electric/acoustic guitar combination make this one great pop-rock record. At least two tracks seem to come from some mythical lost Badfinger album. All this, plus, concise guitar solos, some Beatle-esque "oooh la las" and lyrics that are straightforward in a Bee Gees 1970 kind of way"-New Haven Advocate. Yes, Extremely Highly Recommended!
 Sunshine Girl - mp3
Hazy Sunshine - mp3
Just Let Go - mp3
Misty Water - mp3
Find My Way Home - mp3
Annihilation Blues - mp3 | 
