Kind Of Light
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L.A. Weekly Music Awards Best Pop/Rock Band
"The 88 won over many fans of indie singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, who had heard the CD and asked the group to open an Orange County show and back him on a couple of numbers. Such songs as "Melting in the Sun" and "Sunday Afternoon" have garnered comparisons to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Kinks. Traces of Bowie, Elvis Costello and the Pixies make the 88 fit neatly among such diverse acts as the Strokes, the White Stripes and the Music." -Natalie Nichols, Los Angeles Times
"This inspired quintet mines the finest sensibilities from music we hold dear - T Rex, The Kinks, Blur, The Beatles, Bowie - and cooks up something personal, smart, modern, highly contagious, and finely crafted... " -James Combs KCRW, Los Angeles
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There is hope...
author: MichaelFla
In the midst of so much empty and mindless music churned "out-there" comes "88:Kind of Light"... Slightly borrowing (and acknowledging a bow to) Beatles, Badfinger, Ray Davies & Co. among others, 88 manages to reflect the better days of rock and yet keep a style all of their own... The sprinkles of piano at precisely the right place reminds me of how The Beatles used the ivories to season their songs just perfectly... Inventive arrangements that makes musicians think; "Damn, if I could do that in the studio...!"... I've never heard them live but dare venture (by the other reviewers) that they sound just as good if not better... "Kind of Light" should, by all means, be in every pop-rock collection worth its salt... *****
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Too good to be un-fmous
author: Sturat
The 88 are one of those bands that you just have to tell everybody you know about. Infectious pop melodies, great lyrics, wonderful musicianship. I hope that they escape from cult obscurity and into mainstream conciousness soon. The music world would be a whole lot better with these tunes out in the ether.
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Buy it!
author: Brian
It is nice to know there is still hope left for popular music. The 88 are fresh, energetic and most importantly really really good. “Kind of light” is worth every penny, and if you can see them live!
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Interestingly done, I like the fresh new sound
author: Steve DeShazo
I first heard and seen this band on Jimmy Kimmel Live, I fell in love with the sound in the first 10 seconds! Keep em' coming 88!!!!!!
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