Vinyltones "Memoirs of a Songbook"


This is a tough one to review. There is a great power pop combo in the Vinyltones waiting to come out. “Memoirs of a Songbook” has great punk/pop like “Numb(on a Monday)” that rock like the Marvelous Three. There are also tracks like “Leaving Northport” which are in Ben Folds’ territory and truly wonderful. Then another stylistic shift on “Nashville” which almost sounds like the group Train. This is an album where you will want to pluck tracks you like and avoid the one’s you don’t like. The good news here is it is availble on iTunes and you can do this easily. I reccomend “If it’s gonna rain”, “Motorcycle” and “Hey Soloman” as standout tracks. The bad news is the group is a bit all over the place stylistically. But that’s okay – the good tracks are worth downloading.