THE GALAXIES - Here We Go!

Where did THIS band come from??! Man, if your even a casual Matthew Sweet fan, you can`t miss this one! But there is a lot more than that going on here as you will hear echoes of The Rembrandts(a lot!), Dwight Twilley, Adam Schmitt, Velvet Crush, The Records and many other power popping faves on this site! Singer Bobby Cox sounds like he could be the off spring of REO Speedwagon singer Kevin Cronin - he has some set of pipes!

"The mood is set within about 10 seconds with a great opening guitar riff and frontman Bobby Cox`s yelped-out "whoo" getting sort-of-title track "Here We Go Again" underway. It`s a near-perfect exemplar of power pop, a kind of cross between the driving energy of the new Ike disc and the melodicism of Eugene Edwards. "You Promised" follows with a sweeter, jangly, almost Swedish-pop sound, and "Baby I Believe" has the classic pop sound down in the manner of The Goldbergs. Other standouts include "Love Has Found Me", the poppy bossanova of "Lost and Lonely" and "We Go On". With only 9 no-filler tracks, Here We Go! proves the adage that brevity is the soul of a good power pop disc."-AbsolutePowerPopBlog.

3-2-1...blast off! The soundtrack to this rocket ride is filled with power pop influences dating all the way back to the 60s. The Galaxies are a modern AOR fan`s dream come true. "Here We Go!" is 9 track love letter, which I gather was largely written for a new bride. Let`s hope the honeymoon doesn`t end soon and continues to inspire more great tunes like these. The Galaxies have masterfully captured the tone and style of 80s pop rock, with guitars that ring out like those of .38 Special or The Outfield. The Galaxies sound like they were just handed the AOR baton from REO Speedwagon...if I didn`t know better, I would have thought the vocalist (Bobby Cox) was one of Kevin Cronin`s spawn. The Galaxies launch us straight into the sun with the lead off track, "Here We Go Again," propelled by guitars that sound like they belong on a Cheap Trick record. "You Promised," a wedding song for the new millennium, sounds like something the guys from Abba might write for the Tories to perform. "Lost and Lonely" takes us back to the bright and poppy sounds of the 70s, and the mellow closing track, "An Ocean Between Us," is reminiscent of something Kenny Loggins would have written on a Sunday morning. You get the idea -- all the masters of power pop from the 60s to today are at the center of The Galaxies. Seriously, The Galaxies have altered the space-time continuum and fused the best of power pop roots with modern rock...highly recommended." - Bill`s Music Forum. You want it you got it - Extremely Highly Recommended!

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