3.0 out of 5 stars
+1/2 -- Playful DIY pop, bubblegum, girl-group and country sounds, June 18, 2009
This review is from: Somewhere in Blue (Audio CD)
Deena Shoshkes steps out from her work with The Cucumbers to record a solo album that's more singularly focused on her own singing. Shoshkes has a girlish voice that brings to mind Julie Miller or Rosie Flores, but with a delivery that's folk-pop rather than country, and music that's indie bubblegum and girl-group, even as it stretches to twangier melodies and adds harmonica and pedal steel. The album's catchiest tunes, "Mr. Midnight" and "Gemini Guy," are bouncy power-pop that bring to mind the DIY sounds of Oh-Ok and Wednesday Week. There are smoky ballads ("Mr. Midnight"), bass-lined funk ("What the Love"), country folk ("That Moon's Got it Made" "Goodbye Dreamer"), rockabilly ("Best Kind of Something"), and Brazilian rhythm ("You Are the Sweetest Dream"), all given a playful edge from Shoshkes' voice. 3-1/2 stars,if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]
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