Like Guided by Voices meets Buddy Holly.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (29:55) !
Related styles: ROCK: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, ROCK: American Underground

People who are interested in Tom Petty Guided by Voices Buddy Holly should consider this download.


Details:
The Middle States HAPPY FUN PARTY; an invitation to good times, or, desperate cry for help? Perhaps both. Recorded and mixed by Tom Herbers (Andrew Bird, Low)the Middle States blindly burn though this thirty-odd minute collection without time to breathe . From time spent playing Elvis and Eddie Cochrane while busking in Berlin, and co founding âVortex Navigation Companyâ (on the Australian Camera Obscura label) Wes Morden nails it down rock style. Terry likes to say that itâs âGuided By Voices meets Buddy Hollyâ, But Wes thinks it might sometimes be like âSlade meets Hermans Hermitsâ Same difference. From the opening drum stick count off of âIn Chargeâ to the final cello note of âBring Down the Dayâ the Middle States keep moving from one mood to the next. Laced with nods to 60âs Jangle and powerpop (No Curse, No drunk, No Fight and Winds of Eiderdown)to the soft-loud dynamic of more recent times (Thought Control). The poppy âFriday Nightâ bursts the bubble of hometown heroes, while âTumbleweedsâ, with itâs Americana flavor, looks at what it means to be metaphorically and psychologically lost. âBring Down the Dayâ is for when it;s past the time to give up on something. Served together, Happy Fun Party is like a well prepared rock and roll buffet.

"If you like your power pop and rock served Midwest-style, you'll definitely want to crash Middle States' Happy Fun Party." -www.absolutepowerpop.com