Not Lame's Review of "September Songs"

"September Songs" arrives just in time to make an impression on pop
fans' Top Of The Year lists as it manages disparate textures into a complimentary collection of rich and colorful pop gems. Blue Cartoon's music is sprinkled with subtleties that unfold with repeated listens; yet somehow never stray too far from the 'pure pop' values that has served as the band's central point since the mid 90's. Fans of Michael Carpenter, The
Merrymakers and Bill Lloyd will hear familiar, friendly territory here as
will fans of C,S, N & Y, The Byrds and The Thorns. Listen to the
Carpenter-esque perfections of "Just A Little More and "She's A God", forward along to "Boony Doon" to hear a cool mix of The Rubinoos and Fools Face and check out the overtones of Blue Cartoon's Californian upbringings are woven throughout - listen to the Laurel Canyon pop (think The General Store and Crazy Horse) of "The World Goes By" and "She Comes In Three" is a cosmic joyride to pure pop jangle pleasure and the Buffalo Springfield-meets-The Greatful Dead surf vibe of "Where I Wanna Be".

Haunting 12 string grounding are smart, smooth and jangle proudly with no concern for doing anything except giving their listeners pleasure. s with all their music, there is a ringing assault of open chorded and harmoniously layered pure pop. But their arrangements, on this release, also take a tectonic leap up with all sorts of Wilson inspired percussion, bells and open-aired space that makes the vocals soar in every moment. Pop Perfection of the highest sort. Proof is in the digi-grooves here which you can sample on this site, right now. So stop reading, start listening. One of 2006's
very, very best!!