Song of the week - The Quickening
Continuing my run of one-man American power pop auteurs, here’s Roger Joseph Manning Jr. with The Quickening, the killer first track from his surprisingly excellent album Catnip Dynamite. Which is only available in Japan, a fact I am not sure what to make of.
Anyway, it’s another Queen-meets-ELO blast from the future past, and has a fucking synth solo, which basically guarantees I like it. Hope you do too.
The Quickening (mp3, 7MB)
No lyrics for this one - we’ve now dug so deep into obscurity that I cannot find them anywhere.
No kidding on the “excellent” comment, either - barring any surprises this album is a strong (top 3) contender for Album of the Year.
Tags: music, songoftheweek, sotw
December 27th, 2008 at 4:01 am
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