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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.

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One Response to “Song of the week – The Quickening”

  1. Sho Fukamachi Online » Blog Archive » Album of the Year 2008 - RFC Says:
    December 27th, 2008 at 4:01 am

    [...] album, you don’t like music) 3. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (US) – Catnip Dynamite (as featured here – good strong #3) 4. Nightwish (FI) – Dark Passion Play (Far from their best but OK) 5. M83 (FR) – [...]

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