If you like bouncy power pop....
author: 6ize Music Review
If you liked the bouncy power pop of studio whiz, Devin Davis, then you may find something to like in the music of Damian Hagger. Also swimming in the power pop pool, Hagger puts a little more sheen onto the music, the recording, he also has some nifty waterwings, namely chamber and baroque pop. These he slips on now and then to keep from sinking too far into the revved up bangle-and-jangle of straight ahead power pop --delivering it all with a voice that's one step removed from a sugary rasp, maybe closer to a honeyed burr, on his album, Half My Mind.
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Really solid, great grooves, great hooks - HIGHLY recommended
author: Chris C
I bought this CD at the recommendation of a friend and now I’m hooked. It’s hard to sift through the myriad of artists on sites like this but, trust me, you’ve just found a pearl. If you are a fan of the All American Rejects, Cake or The Cars, put this in your shopping cart right now. Really solid, great grooves, great hooks - HIGHLY recommended.
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Too thought-provoking and profound to be typical rock tracks...
author: Sugar Mama Review
"Half My Mind " makes a great soundtrack for Sunday sleep-in days, soft afternoons at the park or the beach, all-nighters, just about anywhere...so many of the songs are too rocking to be mellow, too thought-provoking and profound to be typical rock tracks... You know the man can play the hell out of his guitar, and the timbre of his voice and earnest emotion, backed by lyrics in the same vein, win you over--every time.
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Good power pop...
author: music.download.com - Editor's Pick
Good power pop knows no specific era. Sounding like the Bay City Rollers and Weezer, if they hung out in the Paisley Underground, Damian Hagger takes the best elements of past and present pop and makes them universally satisfying.
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