ROGER KLUG - More Help For Your Nerves

Okay, I am prone to hyperbole. Guilty. True. Part of it is my job here, most if it, though, is the unabashed fact that I am a geek and I really, really get excited about finding great music that moves me. Roger Klug`s "More Help For Your Nerves" is not only one of the very, very best albums of 2009, it is one of the best albums of the last half of his decade for power pop fans.

Go ahead. Sigh. Groan and be disbelieving but this project has been worked on for many years and it has been perfected. It is a pop genius at play, at work, at his very best delivering the goods. Stop reading - start listening. I put up 9 freaking, long soundbites to back it up. If you listen to them and do not agree, at least partially, I am not sure why you would be spending time hanging out here. Howz that for bluntness. Well, last thing I want you to do is spend any of your precious time, let alone money, on something that does not work for you.

I filter out the crap out there and only want to bring to you the most awesome. That simple. So present to you, this amazing slab of pure pop. I will be talking about this album for years and I love that. Hope you do, too.

Another perspective? Mike Baron, world famous comic book writer(for those of you in the know with these things), just wrote me this review of "More Help For Your Nerves" "Two years ago power pop aficionados were gob-smacked by Bryan Scary`s debut which displayed superb musicianship, terrific dynamics and strong songwriting. Last year it was Josh Fix. This year it is Roger Klug whose More Help For Your Nerves opens with "Tinnitus," an ear blast comparable to Greg Pope`s "Sky Burn Down." This disc is an embarrassment of riches clocking in at just under an hour with 17 tracks. None of them are throwaways. Klug`s mostly a one-man band with inspiration up to his ears. The second song, "Dump Me Hard," announces that this is an artist who has got it going on in every department. Every song is a stand-out although I would single out "For the Kids" for its uncharacteristic bittersweet poignancy. And it is not just verse verse chorus verse. Klug breaks it as in "About Time" which begins with furious drumming and segues from upbeat pop to exuberant bluegrass before falling back into a hard rock groove. Too many highlights to mention, a sure contender for Top Ten of the year." www.bloodyredbaron.com

More reviews will be coming as it just came out. Found this one: "combine his love of power pop from the Raspberries to Matthew Sweet with a equal affection for the heavy guitar sound of late 1960s British rock."Cincinnati.com. Yes, yes. I can not control myself: MASSIVELY Recommended.

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