Eleven
top tunes from Thomas Walsh! FFO The Beach Boys, ELO, McCartney and
grown-up tuneful pop!
Regular readers of this
here humble blog will know that one thing I particularly like is a
song that's genuinely melodically memorable. After all there are lots
of records that are sonically pleasing and great enough to listen to,
but even after several listens you're hard pushed to actually
remember the tunes. That's what makes this latest album from Pugwash
such a delight. All eleven of its tracks have such soaring pop
melodies, each one strong enough to warrant releasing as a single.
I'm saddened to say
I've not had the fortune of stumbling across Pugwash before as this
is actually their seventh LP, the band having formed 20 years ago.
The man behind the melodies is Thomas Walsh, resident of Drimnagh,
South Dublin. For this record he's joined by Jason Falkner of
Jellyfish fame. Incredibly Walsh wrote all eleven songs on Silverlake
within a week, and recorded them with Falkner producing at the
latter's LA studio. If a record as strong as Silverlake
doesn't bring Walsh to wider recognition it's difficult to think what
would.
At various times
recalling and rivalling the pop nouse of Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne,
Paul McCartney and Andy Partridge, the cumulative effect of so many
earworms makes this one of the best feelgood albums of the year, or
any year for that matter! From the opening summery pop of 'The
Perfect Summer' onwards, Silverlake is intelligent, tuneful,
heartfelt and wrapped in lush production. Very highly recommended!
Click here for more on
Pugwash.
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Records.
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