Kelley Stoltz - Circular Sounds
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Some musicians bury their influences. Not Kelley Stoltz. The centerpiece of his fourth LP is a trio of songs that all sound lifted from some alternate-selection Japanese import of The Kink Kronikles. To Speak to the Girl nails Ray Davies wry-wistful vocal style over a vintage blues-revival groove. When You Forget is a classically Kinks-ian harpsichord-rock reverie. And Put My Troubles to Sleep caps lovelorn rhymes — Try counting sheep, Let the darkness creep, Collapse in a heap — with a string of Wurlitzer-jukebox-worthy ba-ba-ba-ba's. The care with which this home-recording scientist has re-created the Sixties British-rock vibe (there's Beatles and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd in here too) would be so much necrophilia if the emotions didn't sound so fresh: Check out the line about rolling over to the empty side of the bed...
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