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The Silver Lining - Well Dressed Blues

Very cool band that blend 1960`s influenced pop with early 70`s classic rock, psychedelic, and soul leanings. Think Credence Clearwater Revival, Delaney & Bonnie, Duane Allman/Derek & The Dominos, some of The Association, even Peanut Butter Conspiracy and The Turtles. " Expertly produced and engineered by Papas Fritas/Rudds member Tony Goddess, Blues is front-loaded with brightly gilded boy-girl harmonies that, yes, hark back to the Airplane, the Mamas and the Papas, and the Association. The groups transistor-radio pop also carries a dash of the Turtles and the Something Else era Kinks... Whats remarkable about Well Dressed Blues is how fresh it all sounds as an antidote to the troubled, politically divisive times were living in. The album works as both a balm and an escape."-STuffAtNight.

The Silver Lining recall those Saturday afternoons driving around in your parents slant-6 Dodge Dart with that glowing A.M.-radio pop kicking out of the single front speaker. Matt Rhodes tasteful guitar panache and Brill-bent songwriting prowess, along with Anna Prices harmonies and full-on wails, will propel their forthcoming debut Well Dressed Blues to local if not national breakout status."-BostonMetro. " Matt Rhodes` brand of classic pop on songs like opener "Cemented Steps" is an inspired hybrid of LA psychesters The Merry Go Round and Victorian music-hall enthusiasts The Kinks. Anna Price`s vocalizing on "Well Dressed Blues" evokes The Association and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy but the carnivalesque guitar line makes the song a splendid one-off... The band`s sometimes harsh yoking together of disparate sub-genres actually works to their advantage, giving the songs unusual textures and grabby hooks: see the Southern rock guitar plus Beatles melodicism on "In the Future"; also see the brilliant waltz-rhythm coda to their ballad "Battered Senseless MIA Heart." TSL is neither revolutionary nor reactionary but evolutionary, fashioning splendidly colorful and worthy offshoots of the 1966-1972 era of psyche garage pop. If you`re into The Hollies, The Turtles, and whatnot, you`ll greet this release like a long-lost friend. If you`ve never heard of them, there`s an introductory course right here."-TheNoise. Very Highly Recommended!

Lucky Slave - mp3

Even We Were Happy - mp3

Cemented Steps - mp3

Even Then - mp3

Death Song - mp3

Customer Reviews

An excellent psyche pop gem

Reviewer: Tim Ryan

The more I listen to this CD, the more I like it. It's like The Merry-Go-Round or the Mamas and the Papas with a harder, quirkier more modern edge. I also hear a lot of Arthur Lee (Love) and The Lovin' Spoonful as well. The songs are the "stick in your head" types, especially the first two, "Cemented Steps" and "Well Dressed Blues." And the singing is top notch; it's rare to hear these kinds of vocals anymore. I will be very interested to see what this band does in the future. This is an excellent debut album.

For those of you who thought the art of pop singing was dead, there IS a Silver Lining

Reviewer: Elizabeth Pratt

This is an excellent record all the way through with top notch songwriting, arranging, and musicianship. But what struck me the most immediately is the vocals. Holy hole in a doughnut , is the singing great!!! Matt Rhodes sounds a little bit like Paul McCartney and John Sebastian rolled into one. He's a terrific vocalist. But it's Anna Price who steals the show. She's somewhere between Karen Carpenter, Cass Elliott, Dusty Springfield, and Exene Cervenka. She may be one of the very best singers I've heard PERIOD, and that's no exaggeration. I am completely blown away by how good this album is. If these kids don't become moderately famous, I will be very surprised.