The Leftovers "Eager To Please"

Hailing from Portland, Maine, The Leftovers deliver the combination of sun soaked melodies and raw, driving rhythms – power pop in the truest sense of the words. Produced by power pop fave Linus of Hollywood, we get tight arrangements at a dizzying speed. Sounding like the bastard child of Paul Collins Beat and The Ramones on “Telephone Operator” the band goes the extra mile to keep the music upbeat and catchy. The band has a nice platoon of guest stars, including Kim Shattuck of The Muffs, Brett Anderson of The Donnas, Parry Gripp from Nerf Herder, Coz Canler from the Romantics and Jon Rubin of the Rubinoos. So many highlights are here, “Girlfriend” is piece of power pop gold if ever I heard one and much of the other tracks follow in this mold. “Lost and Found” has the simple lyric about getting dumped, and bouncing back with a terrific riff, bells and hand claps. Fans of three-chord 70’s pop will also fall in love with this release, with even a little Beach Boys backing vocal on “Get Out Of My Head,” keeping the music zooming along at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, it doesn’t slow down at any point with a mid-tempo song, or ballad. But it ends well with “Party Till We Die,” which features a vocal duet with Donnas singer Brett Anderson, doing a sweet update on the Bay City Rollers “Saturday Night”. Fans of Elvis Costello, The Queers, and The Romantics will lap this up too. Without a single weak track, this band is eager to please — and you should be eager to pick this album up.

See the video to “Dance With Me”