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Red Balloons and White Confetti (Coaxial)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Sweet, naive-sounding psychedelic bubblegummy pop reminiscent of the pretty psych music of the late '60s, especially reminds me of the Strawberry Alarm for some reason, with lyrics about love and love lost and drugs. The mix quality of the music isn't the greatest, most-modern sounding, but that makes it sound even more like something recorded a long time ago and doesn't detract from listenability at all. In fact, there are a couple of tracks on here - "Don't Put It..." and "Take Back Your Ring" especially - that should put this band on the musical map, but since that's not how radio works anymore, they're probably doomed to obscurity like all the other real bands out there.

[Pick this up at www.bitography.com.]

© 2002 - Holly Day