pop in/bliss out!!
author: iandxx
Wearing its Brian Wilson/60's influences ever-so-lightly (the band even sound a little like the Left Banke in places), "The Complete Pet Soul" is a bitter-sweet pop gem exemplifying the economy and strong melodic sense of its enduring forerunners . Ultimately, though, the band emerge sounding triumphantly like themselves - even managing to add their own distinctive spin to a Hal David/BurtBacharach classic.
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Great
author: William C. Lehman
Great stuff. You will find yourself spotting the influences as you enjoy this CD.
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Fantastic Power-Pop Album!
author: A music fan
Splitsville's "The Complete Pet Soul" is a fantastic Power-Pop album that is full of gorgeous melodies, shimmering guitar lines, and well sung harmonies. The band seems to have particularly had Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys on their mind when they wrote this album as one of the songs is called "The Love Songs of B. Douglas Wilson", and a couple others seem to take their cue off of his work with the Beach Boys. "Forever" is a super-energetic rocker that kind of seems like a cousin to the Rembrandt's "I'll Be There For You(the theme from Friends)"; and Splitsville does a fantastic cover of Burt Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall In Love Again". "Pretty People" has almost Eagle's-like harmonies. This is a gem of a record that has somehow slipped through the cracks.
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What are you waiting for?
author: P. Wellman
I buy a great deal of Cd's, and this is without a doubt one of the very best albums I've heard in a long time. Each song is brilliant, the harmonies are spectacular- if you like powerpop ala the Beatles and the Beach Boys or Matthew Sweet, and Teenage Fanclub- then you need this record.
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