I heard Jim Noir’s EP “Eanie Meany” and just loved it. Now I get to review Noir’s debut CD. It’s a collection of his many ep tracks. This for me is one of the best albums of the year. It has all the hallmarks of great 6o’s styled psych power pop with a modern bent and lyrical structure. If you take The Beatles, late 60’s Kinks, Nillson, The Beta Band and Brian Wilson and mushed them up together you will get something that sounds like this. Not one weak track here. My only complaint is that is slightly too mellow. It would be nice if Jim got a bit more of a garage-y sound on some tracks, but that doesn’t take anything away from the album. The Beta Band wishes it could could’ve come up with a track as sweet as “A Quiet Man.” An you’ll want to break out The Beach Boys CDs after your hear “Turn Your Frown Into A Smile.” Jim Noir has deliberately used those great studio techniques of that era to come up with this ear candy. You should order this one now. It gets one of my highest praises… so visit his site and listen to the streaming songs for yourself. Support this inide artist! He’ll make more great stuff like this if you do.