I listened to this album non-stop when I got it but then it quickly fell off my radar. Unfortunately that’s the case with a lot of albums with the constant onslaught of new stuff headed my way day after day. And I don’t have the largest attention span in the first place. So, it’s really a bad combination but I digress. Bridges And Powerlines (not to be confused with Bridge And Tunnel) definitely deserve some coverage. Ghost Types is the band’s debut full-length. The band hails from New York City but sound nothing like you might expect. The band really reminds me of the alternative pop of Buffalo Tom mixed with a bit of new wave posturing. Perhaps akin to TVT-era Guided By Voices which some might scoff at but I actually enjoyed. Either way the band writes some amazingly catchy and intelligent indie power pop. Songs like “Floods And Fields” “The Maine” and “The Thieves, They Are Everywhere” possess such haunting, dark melodies. Bridges And Powerlines brand of pop has a way of possessing you and that will always be worthy of acclaim.
Genre: Indie/Power Pop
RIYL: REM, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices
Label: City Bird
Floods And Fields
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The Maine
