Glen Mercer is the former lead singer/guitarist/writer of The Feelies. The Feelies were considered an avante garde post-punk band in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Well now, guitarist Glenn Mercer has put together this solo record and it owes alot less to the “Crazy Rhythms” of those Feelies records. It actually sounds closer to Lou Reed meets Joy Division, and that’s not a bad thing at all. Glenn concentrates on guitar and percussive effects to give his new album “Wheels in Motion” a ethereal quality and songs “Days to Come” and “Another Last Time” are great examples of this. This approach also works on a cover of The Beatles “Within You, Without You.” A mid-tempo “Get it Back” reminds me of a great lost Don Dixon track, but Glenn’s voice gets lost a bit here and the instrumentation pushes his vocals out of the song too much. Other tracks recall a lighter version of Echo and the Bunnymen as “Two Rights” seems to drift along with a hypnotic tamborine beat. Unfortunately, for me too many songs were missing compelling hooks and became pleasant background noise. For some this mellow stuff will be fine, but Glenn’s vocals never seem to come out front for me. You can get this on Amazon or direct from Pravada Music.
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GREW UP LISTENING TO THE FEELIES.
FANTASTIC BAND, CANT WAIT TO PICK THIS GEM UP!