Mocha Louder

so i'm having serious flashbacks while listening to these songs. not in a completely bad way, mind you - and it's nice to hear the merging of past and present done in an intelligent way. there are some moments when i'm hit with memories of late night club nights in the mid-80's when i'm trying to impress a cute goth girl with my ability to dance to siouxsie and the banshees and suddenly dead or alive is playing and i end up looking like a total dork... but other than...

so - it's been pretty quiet around here - the band has been practicing and getting ready for upcoming shows - but more about that on the "band page". it's friday and i don't want to be at work, so i thought i'd sneak off to the fuzz. sometimes the random ipod mix does wonders... sometimes it can be very frustrating, but recently i've been having good luck. i've been hit by a lot of musical memories lately, going back to my high school years in...

Perfect darling sparkled pop that moves and sways along the roads that wind past jangle and swirl. hitting american and british points with tight-sighted dynamics, the shifting moods move... the vocals, from a slow Patti Smith seductiveness to a more Debbie Harry like charm, play over sharp Television touched riffs that link both R.E.M and the B-52's to Nikki Sudden, maybe the Bangles, and perhaps Sleeper (but now perhaps i'm just pushing it a little...). These guitars cut and croon...