Album Notes

Rising from the ashes of the most excellent Roswells, propagating in the verdant paradise that is Vancouver, BC, Canada, The Tomorrows are Marc Stewart, Scott Fletcher, Tony Kerr and Adrian Buckley. Using tools and techniques from past ages and marrying this with their skills, invention, and souls, these four gentlemen have created a sound that is of this moment. Glorious flights of melody and space travel whimsy are welded to a pumping steam engine core as The Tomorrows create a soundtrack for the now. The result, "Jupiter Optimus Maximus", is their recorded debut! "The Tomorrows carry on the psychedelic pop tradition, but streamline things a bit so that the songs are tighter and even more melodic. Fans of Chewy Marble will eat up those great bent notes and striking chord changes! Definitely a force to be reckoned with!" - David Bash/IPO "Stewart and Fletcher take the Roswells template and build it on with a more expansive, crunchier sound without sacrificing the melodies that drove that band. "Effortless Lee" opens the disc and clocks in at just over five minutes - not a problem, though, as its a Big Star/Raspberries-style mashup that never wears out its welcome. "Love is Dead" throws a bit of Queen into the mix, and the necessarily spacey title track recalls countrymen The High Dials. Elsewhere, "Don't Worry About Me" channels Velvet Crush, "Such a Shame" demonstrates their facility with midtempo janglers, and the geek-rock of "Anime" is endearing. Closing things is the 6-minute epic "Remember", which fits the spirit of the album.
With the first great power pop disc of 2009, R.I.P. The Roswells, and long live The Tomorrows!" - AbsolutePowerPop.blogspot.com "Imagine if you will, a dark and stormy night high in the mountains of 'PowerPopSylvania' where a mad Power Pop scientist dedicates his entire life to creating his very own Power Pop Monster. Working late into the stormy night, he ever-so-carefully combines ingredients from the distant past (The Beatles, Badfinger), elements of the not-so-distant-past (The Records), and a dash or two of the present (The Roswells, Higgins) - then, to be absolutely certain that these exotic ingredients all blend perfectly, fuses them together with a million volts of a loud, heady mix of electric guitars, keyboards, hooks, and harmonies! 'It's alive', he screams. 'It's alive!' 'All of my years of endless research and dedication to the betterment of music have enabled me to create this living, breathing Pop Monster - The Tomorrows!' OK, well maybe it didn't happen exactly that way, but it very well could have. The results are definitely still there! Brilliant!" - Max Humphries