I'm going to end this week by featuring some pure guitar power pop groups. A friend of mine (probably one of the few regular readers of this blog), sent me a whole series of CDs from different power pop groups that I had never heard of a couple of years ago. They all have exactly the clean, melodic pop with excellent harmonies that I seem to enjoy so much.Today's featured group is an L.A. group called The Wondermints consisting of Darian Sahanaja, Nick Walusko, and Mike D'Amico. The sound is reminiscent of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and ELO. If you like that sound, you won't be disappointed. This is another of those albums that is consistently strong from beginning to end, making the choice of songs to feature here difficult. Their MySpace page is here. Some info can also be found on Wikipedia.
The songs featured here are from their fourth album (2002) called Mind If We Make Love To You. Absolutely classic power pop. The rest of their oustanding catalog can be found on Amazon here.
1. The Wondermints - Time Has You (2.83 MB; 128kbps MP3)
2. The Wondermints - Project 11 (3.38 MB; 128kbps MP3)
1 comment:
Yeah, I went through a sort of power pop madness a few years back. But then the fever broke and I got too busy to focus on all those unheard bands out there. Thanks for the reminder to pull up these groups, like The Mockers and Wondermints. It's been awhile since I've had them in my iTunes rotation.
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