It’s Over! "That Girl"

A fun mix of Merseybeat and Garage sound straight from Kansas City, MO. The album “That Girl” starts out with a wild hook and “To Be In Love” evokes a Spongetones-styled pop bounce. The next tune “Come Back Home” is another tight gem, with an organ joining in to the rolling chorus and frontman Jamie Searle’s melodic screech. It also has a wicked solo guitar break and is easily the best song here. Then on “Hallelujah” the guitar starts to resemble a bit of McCartney’s Wings circa “Band on The Run” – and all it’s jangle and bass-play, you start to believe the lyric “I’m gonna throw out all my cares today, It’s okay.” After such a good run of Beatlesque songs including the very Monkees-like “Angela” the album takes a looser sound with “My Dear Wife” and it’s Eastern rhythms, similar to Camper Van Beethoven. This easy loose guitar jam style dominates the rest of the album. It gets almost into a pop hoedown with “Swing & Sway” and country-blues of “That Ain’t All.” It’s all good, especially the Elvis Costello-like angry man vitriol on “When the Sun Goes Down” so this is most a worthy addition to your “have a drink and dance in the bar” music collection. Unlike the band’s name, I hope the music isn’t over after one album.

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