Australia’s Summer Cats full of winsome, peppy songs on ‘Songs for Tuesdays’July 16th, 2009.
Leadoff tracks are like first dates — chances for artists to gussy themselves up and win us over with the best parts of their personalities. Summer Cats arrive at the front door ruffled yet lovable, clutching droopy bouquets and wailing away on fuzzy guitars and a vintage organ on “Let’s Go!” the first tune from “Songs for Tuesdays” (Slumberland), the Australian band’s debut. The sound is pure pop, even with its scruffy bursts of distortion.
Having made an excellent first impression, the Cats use the next 12 songs to seal the deal, offering up plenty of Beach Boys harmonies, girl-group melodies, and mangy guitar jangle, all Slumberland hallmarks. The tunes are relentlessly peppy, and even when the band members suffer heartbreak, as on “Maybe Pile,” they refuse to rule out the possibility a happy ending. “If I’m not worth your while,” bassist Hugh Owen sings, “tuck me on the maybe pile.”
“In June,” which stretches the heart-tugging bridge from the Go-Go’s’ “Our Lips are Sealed” into an entire song, is perhaps this summer’s most perfect pop nugget. Then, a strong case might also be made for “Wild Rice,” or “Fulton Girls” or even “St. Tropez,” which finds the Cats wishing they were at the beach, enjoying some fun in the sun.
For a comparable experience, they might try blasting their own record.
— Kenneth Partridge from Listen dammit
And here we go with a less exciting review..
Oh well.. they didn't like it, Can't please everyone!
http://strangeglue.com/reviews/summer-cats-songs-for-tuesdays
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