I (like Jeff Tweedy) was raised on rock and roll and have had a hankerin’ for some straight forward rock music lately. One band that certainly fits the bill is Kansas City’s Blackpool Lights. Now Eric from Theme Park Experience has been shouting about how good this band is for awhile and now that I’ve gotten around to checking ‘em out, I have to concur.
The band is made up of former members of The Get Up Kids and The Belles (among others) and on their debut This Town’s Disaster as well as their acoustic tour EP, they play no frills rock songs that occasionally lean towards folksier moments. Its a sound that doesn’t stray too far from the country-emo that The Get Up Kids were progressing towards, and I’m OK with that.
Some might write this off as a cheap and unoriginal rehash of The Get Up Kids, but I don’t buy it. The rootsy power-pop of This Town’s Disaster is a perfect sonic companion for the view from my hotel room here in rural Iowa where all I can see are rolling hills beneath the hazy cloud-streaked sky. Right now it all makes perfect sense.
This Town’s Disaster is out now on Curb Appeal Records.
MP3 | Blackpool Lights – Goodnight To Romance This Town’s Disaster
MP3 | Blackpool Lights – Empty Tank This Town’s Disaster
MP3 | Blackpool Lights – Empty Tank (Acoustic) Tour EP
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Hell yes. I compare them more to Sire-era Replacements/Reprise-era Paul Westerberg, but they rule. As always, thanks for the linkage.