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Please note this is an old page and Fly Global Music has now moved. Please follow this link and search for the entry in the new site. Ocean Colour Scene were blessed with a great name, a very clever title to their biggest selling album Moseley Shoals a sharp cover and most importantly, for a mod-pop band, Paul Weller’s seal of approval. An as The Moons’ main songwriter it Weller’s keyboard player, the “Paul Weller Approved” sticker is on Life On Earth. But before all that, the self-released debut single ‘Don’t Go Changin’ got them Eddie Pillars’ attention (he of Acid Jazz, now in its 21st year!) and the follow-up ‘Torn Between Two’ 7” came out late last year (with a rather good cover of the Holland-Dozier-Holland ‘Leaving Here’ on the reverse). Both ‘Don’t Go Changin’ and ‘Torn Between The Two’ are prime examples of the mod-pop side of Acid Jazz, as is the rest of the album (not at all like Twisted Tongue). All the influences are here from The Small Faces to The Beatles to The Who to The Jam to The Style Council to The Jags (Paddy O’Toole, get in touch as you still owe me a beer!) to The Squeeze to The XTC (OK, I cheated on the last two). It’s a high standard to maintain and ‘Nightmare Day’ slips in a bit of inner city ska meets The Shadows doing the ‘Monster Mash’ that’s not as half as horrendous as I make it sound but ‘Lost Soul’ is a little 60s obvious. ‘Promise Not To Tell’ gets some “do, doooos” in with the guitar chords and if you’ve not cottoned on yet, the main song emphasis of Crofts is taking us on a musical journey of love in all its form (ecstasy, break up, redemption, doubt and the like) whilst the subject of ‘The Ragman’ may lost on a younger generation (although you’ll find Suggs’ My Journeys Through Disappearing London informative). And if you’re wondering what where Mr. Weller is, unsurprisingly, as they recorded the 12 tracks in his studio, he turns up for a tinkle of the ivories on the track ‘Wondering’ (which sounds a bit pub song daaawn the East End doin’ Lou Reed’s ‘Satellite Of Love’ - ouch!). The album ends on ‘Last Night On Earth’ which is another “sounds like”, in this case a bit Oasis (from the South) that moves into a Beatles/The Byrds thing; there’s a fantastic remix in there somewhere (take me to Sun Ra I here you say). On the whole, it’s a promising album that renews your faith and whilst I can’t say I was ever a fan of OCS (one for the ladies?) they better be good as taking The Moons on tour with them could prove a problem. You sense that The Moons are fantastic live so get there early and if not, get the album and watch out for them on Festival line-ups throughout the summer. Forthcoming Gigs: Reviewed: The Moons - Life On Earth (Acid Jazz) Cat. No: AJX230 Release date: 15th March 2010 Andy Crofts (vocals and guitar), Chris Ketley (guitar and vocals), Ben Gordelier (drums), Adam Leeds (bass), James Bagshaw (keys and vocals) Links: |
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