Slumberland Recordswww.slumberlandrecords.com
29th July 2009
Had Australia's Summer Cats been around in the early ‘90s ,at the height of the indie pop explosion, they would no doubt have been on one of the trio of Washington, DC area pop labels: Slumberland , Simple Machines or Teen Beat (Simple Machines faded out years ago and Teen Beat, while still active, is much more sporadically releasing records). The Slumberland label, after a move to the west coast in the early ‘90s, is still going strong and this hyperactive pop outfit seems to be a perfect fit on a label that has given us Rocketship, The Ropers, Aislers Set, the early recordings of Velocity Girl and too many others.
From the opening cut of "Let's Go" you know where you're headed, down bumpy road on a sunny day in the old , battered car you love with the windows rolled down and the stereo turned up up up. "Hey You" has this great, jittery, scratchy guitar work while "Super" (and "Christopher Wren") has the same kind of keyboards we fell in love with the first time we heard the Clean's "Tally Ho" and "In June" is a pure janglefest that brings to mind classic early recordings by The Razorcuts and Primal Scream. The sounds here are instantly familiar and while Songs for Tuesdays isn't the most original record you'll hear this year it's a comfortable fit, just like those Bermuda shorts you seem to wear way too often. You know they need a wash every now and again but you don't want to ever take them off.
Standout Tracks: "Maybe Pile", "Super", "In June", "Lonely Planet"
From the opening cut of "Let's Go" you know where you're headed, down bumpy road on a sunny day in the old , battered car you love with the windows rolled down and the stereo turned up up up. "Hey You" has this great, jittery, scratchy guitar work while "Super" (and "Christopher Wren") has the same kind of keyboards we fell in love with the first time we heard the Clean's "Tally Ho" and "In June" is a pure janglefest that brings to mind classic early recordings by The Razorcuts and Primal Scream. The sounds here are instantly familiar and while Songs for Tuesdays isn't the most original record you'll hear this year it's a comfortable fit, just like those Bermuda shorts you seem to wear way too often. You know they need a wash every now and again but you don't want to ever take them off.
Standout Tracks: "Maybe Pile", "Super", "In June", "Lonely Planet"
by TIM HINELY
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