2009 release from Steve Bunovsky and The Naomi Star! Like The Naomi Star`s last one, "Sunshine Girl", "Through The Eyes" is, similarly, a beguilingly haunting display of smart and sweet harmonies that while acoustically driven on many of the songs here, have an overpowering affect. "This is the album of 2009. Track after track is hit after hit material. The song writing craft is pop perfection without equal. Their professional style, self-production shows that they know their way around the studio as well as around the songs. Where are the so-called geniuses of the music world when a band like this, as talented in the craft of music composition, can slip by without acknowledgement? Well, screw the corporate shirts, their studies, their surveys, and their demographics. I am here to point the way and tell you that if you enjoy Pure Pop perfection coupled with ultimate Alt. Country that harkens back to the birth of Rock-n-Roll when The Beatles married skiffle and blues to harmonies and hooks to create Pop as we know it, then look no further than Through The Eyes by The Naomi Star. Is there a better song perfect album of 2009 out there?" - Independisc. The highly influential and incredibly awesome blog, Absolute Power Pop had this to say on "Through The Eyes": "Here`s another late 2008 release that finally found its way before my ears after the calendar turned, and one that would have warranted placement on my year-end list. This is the third disc from The Naomi Star, a band from Connecticut that seems to get better with each disc. Whereas their first two releases were more straight-ahead pop, Through the Eyes finds them branching out, adding country and folk elements to their already pleasing pop palette. This becomes apparent off the bat with the Band-influenced "Karma", which in a just world would make these guys big money as the new theme for the TV show "My Name Is Earl". The down-homey "Where are You Going" is Exhibit "B" for their new sound, similar in feel to many of the songs on the new Ben Kweller (another popper gone country-inflected) disc, and the winsome "She Told Me" completes the opening trilogy of their new country-pop sound. Elsewhere, the title track and "A Better Place" are dreamy pop treats, "Anjoulie" is another country-influenced stomper, and "Slowing Down" finds the golden mean between pop and country with a Jayhawks-like grace. Great stuff." - Absolute Power Pop Blog. 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. Think a mixture of America, Bread, Cloud Eleven all wrapped up in a love of Badfinger and late 60s/early 70s Bee Gees and probably some solo George Harrison if Wings were backing him up. Check out Song Number 3 below for a good representation of what is going on here. As with everything in their catalog, I very strong recommend Bunovsky`s music for many Not Lamers!
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