Fans of Rainbow Quartz bands rejoice! The Marmalade Souls are a band that will warm the heart of anyone who loves Beatlesque power pop. Fans of The Spongetones and The Winnerys will gobble this release up. Some critics will attack this kind of power pop as too derivative of late 60’s bands, lacking any originality. That’s like calling all country music derviative of Hank Williams. Coming up with catchy melodies and using this style to do it is not so easy and I appreciate the effort. Many Rickenbacker guitar fans do too. Marmalade Souls add a good female vocal into the mix in Johanna Klemme, and some notable tracks are the excellent single “My Heart Belongs to You” and “Belly Butterfly” – songs which any Beatle fan can relate to. Other songs also are worthy of attention, like the Kinks-like “Fall Into The Sky” and The Byrds meets 10,000 Maniacs in “Daydreams.” Even the faux blues attempt “Baby Come Back” is a welcome track. No duds on this album. A guilty pleasure if ever there was one.
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Listen to “My Heart Belongs To You”