SECRET POWERS - Secret Powers And The Electric Family Choir

The follow up to Secret Powers` amazing debut of 2008. The band was one of 2008`s strongest debuts and a best seller at Not Lame and here is #2. "Secret Powers sounds like pop. It sounds like washing your tricycle on a bright waxy blue sunny day. It sometimes sounds like long feathered tresses and platform shoes, sometimes like Nehru jackets and sensitive facial hair. It sounds like girl-watching and dopey desire. It sounds like melted ice cream, dirty feet, and sticky faces. It sounds l ike a big old dog-and-baby party. Secret Powers and the Electric Family Choir in particular might bring back repressed memories of your time on the commune (I swear it was not a cult, whatever the feds think). At least five out of these 10 songs will have listeners swearing they`ve heard them somewhere, maybe on the radio. The sophomore effort brings the band one step closer to the big time with clever, layered, hook-laden pop songs thrown together with the casual ease of real musical talent. If you are violently allergic to cute, you may sniff at a song or two, but sunshine makes me sneeze and I like it anyway." - Missoula News

"In the course of the album`s 12 songs, the band maps its obvious influences. The wistful "By the Sea" might as well be a shore-bound left-behind from "Yellow Submarine," complete with an unsubtle reference to a well-known Beatles lyric: "My Michelle, you`re my belle / There`s no other like you in my eyes / Honey pie I wish that you and I could spread our wings and fly across the sky, oh my.` Elsewhere, the band`s elaborate, contrapuntal harmonies echo the best of the Beach Boys, while the modulating verse structures hearken to another of Maynes` stated influences, the Electric Light Orchestra...Ultimately, any number of songs on this record could become your new favorite anthem: Just try to get the hooks from "Mary Ann" or "Lazy Men" out of your head." - Missoulian Entertainer Song #1 - mp3

Song #2 - mp3

Song #3 - mp3

Song #4 - mp3

Song #5 - mp3