Caddy is also known as Tomas Dahl (The Yum Yums) who has been called a Norwegian Dave Grohl, and plays his power pop loud. Really loud – the opening track “Hanging On To Nothing”is chock full of fuzzed distorted chords that belt out right away. Immediately I thought of Superdrag or Coward (Joey Sykes old band). Dahl approaches a pop nirvana with the title track, where the melody works brilliantly with the guitar assault. “Turn Up The Radio” is another three minute gem with the riffs at metal levels and catchy melody. It’s tough to keep that level of quality for an entire album, but just when you think it will get laborious – Dahl hits you with another winning track. “Dumb Angel” is a rare song about Brian Wilson without doing an obvious Beach Boys rip-off (although he ends it with flowing harmonies). And “This Good Feeling” puts it all together in a strong hook filled package that fans of The Posies will also appreciate. Highly recommended, although it could have used a ballad or mid-tempo tune to let us catch our breath.
