Tony Low, a founding member of New York’s renowned garage-psychedelic pop band The Cheepskates, has been writing and recording his songs since the early 1980’s. Like the Kinks Ray Davies, Tony has a good story along with a killer riff that makes listening a pure pop pleasure. Starting with the excellent “Winter of Black Ice” – it’s a real treat for Kinks fans. The next track “This Old House” has a clean pop approach similar to Chris Stamey and the DBs. Needless to say fans of The early REM or The Cheepskates will love all of Tony’s stuff. The music is rich in melody and the jangle in “Spirals” is a catchy example. The autobiographical “In This Life” is a bit depressing, but still not off putting. The ballads here like, “All is Coming” have a pop softness that is not unlike Andrew Gold. Low dosen’t come across too tough, even on the fuzzy “Not the Lucky Ones” – it still approaches music that is best described as “easy listening,” but that label is really maligned and I use the term in the best sense. The album ends with “Brave Michael” a fitting Brian Wilson-styled ballad. This album is most worthy of a jangle pop fans attention.
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