Power pop multi-instrumentalist Bruce Moody went through stacks of reel-to-reel recordings from the 80s after finishing his home studio to find out if there was anything he could use for a new album. It turned he had captured plenty of good ideas back then, some of them mere sketches and some of them almost finished. He reached out to his like-minded fellow musicians and ended up with a dozen of shiny, sunny-side up sounding songs plus a fun novelty track called Houdini.
PopCycle is all about the melody, with ace harmonies riding the wave of joyous pop, mixing the Beach Boys approach with New Wave and a bit of Cheap Trick. Age is just a number, and this album could easily be mistaken for a bunch of twenty-somethings rocking out and having a ball. Emotional baggage shows does show up in the lyrics (Keep It Together, A Very Dull Girl), but it is all taken in stride. Pop it in the player of your car, roll down the windows, and keep an eye on the speedometer - otherwise you will be doing 80 in a residential zone and be frowned upon by the law.
Bruce Moody: lead and harmony vocals, guitars, bass, drums, organ, moog, synthesizer, oboe, hammond organ, sitar, keyboards, steel drums, etc
Terry Carolan: electric guitar, vocals
Jeff Tracy: 12 string electric guitar, sitar
George Palmer: piano, organ
Kei Sato: Rickenbacker 6 string electric guitar
Dolph Chaney: electric guitar
Richard Morant: guitar, harmonies
Rick Poss: banjo, marching bass drum
Rick Richards: drums, percussion
Dennis 'Doc' Watson: ragtime piano
Patti Moody: harmonies
Hot Moon is released via Shaken Not Stirred Records. Buy it (CD, digital) from his website.
Tracks:- I'm Gonna Tell Her Tonite
- Shy Girls
- Little By Little
- The Wall of Poison
- Labels
- It's Not Like Mine
- A Very Dull Girl
- Turn Away
- I Can't Hurt For The World
- Keep It Together
- One By One
- Creepy People
- Houdini (bonus track)
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