When Amy O kicks into Lavender Night, the opening track on her cracking new record Elastic like a hyperactive eight year old at a kiddies party high on orangeade you know she'll have plenty more glorious guitar pop moments to keep you entertained over the following forty minutes. She doesn't disappoint!
The recipe is simple. Guitars, bass, drums, organ harmonised vocals, full-tilt pace. Undiluted
joyousness essentially. Amy O, (short for Oelsner), has been doing this for some time, since 2004 to be precise, but she's not lost any of her vim, in fact she's probably been busy over the years perfecting it. None of the first ten tracks, (and there are twelve of them in all, appropriately given the series I'm currently co-running), veer even slightly from the formula laid down by Lavender Night, nor should they need to. As The Ramones knew so well back in '76, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! She's smart enough though to slow the pace just twice, for glorious closers David and Spinning. But then of course we need a couple of lullabies at this point. It's time for bed!
joyousness essentially. Amy O, (short for Oelsner), has been doing this for some time, since 2004 to be precise, but she's not lost any of her vim, in fact she's probably been busy over the years perfecting it. None of the first ten tracks, (and there are twelve of them in all, appropriately given the series I'm currently co-running), veer even slightly from the formula laid down by Lavender Night, nor should they need to. As The Ramones knew so well back in '76, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! She's smart enough though to slow the pace just twice, for glorious closers David and Spinning. But then of course we need a couple of lullabies at this point. It's time for bed!
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