“Power Burkas in their primal, primitive state. Raw, direct, and brimming with a vitality driven by the urge to speak out.”
Power pop's finest hour: Mythical Motors collects two decades of lo-fi, jangly, fuzzy power-pop gold onto one essential compilation, while Space Jaguar broadens their jangly power pop with fuzzed-out alt-country and heartbroken indie folk. Rural France deliver their jangliest, most baroque album yet — organ, horns and mellotron intact — still flying the "Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub" flag, and Publicity Department bring crunchy guitars and two-part harmonies with power pop influences distorted through 90s alt rock sensibilities. Ben Auld channels Teenage Fanclub and Weezer into blown-out power-pop with Bach-inspired solos and sardonic, over-the-top admissions of failure.
“Power Burkas in their primal, primitive state. Raw, direct, and brimming with a vitality driven by the urge to speak out.”
“RF release their jangliest, most baroque and thoughtful album yet, but maintain 'Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub” mission statement”