Chatanooga, Tennessee's finest Mythical Motors, and I say this with no authority whatsoever. But if that town is fortunate enough to have a finer band, it is a very fortunate town indeed.
Here they come with a sound that is immediately recognisable, but if it is one that you love, that you will embrace with open arms. Because this is the buzzing , melodic thrill of long forgotten powerpop marvels The Shoes, and more familiar favourites such as dBs, Guided by Voices, R.E.M, Superchunk, Wire and many more. Fill in the missing usual suspects yourself.
Latest album Sleepwalking on Main Street, chimes, jangles and emotes to remarkable effect. Seventeen tracks of between two and three minutes many with fabulous titles. All with fabulous tunes.
I've posted seven of them here. I'l leave you to discover the rest. An album that could easily have figured in my close of year countdown list, but I'm running out of space and already down to the low forties.
Christmas is coming on the longest year. Mythical Motors are here with a genius stocking filler.
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