Permanent Green Light, 's/t' CD (Rockville)
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 7:03pm (3 full listens)
This album had been on my list of CDs to look for at used record stores for quite a while, long enough that by the time I found it, I'd completely forgotten why it was on the list, or even what it was at all. But I dutifully picked it up, and it turned out to be a project from one of the guys from Paisley Underground linchpins the Three O'Clock (a band I'm still looking forward to hearing), and it happens to sound pretty much just like I thought it would. It's not exactly great - it's marred by mediocre production and recording, and the odd overreach in the singing and chord-choosing realm - but it does tick many of my boxes, being essentially a power pop EP with the requisite chiming guitars, winsome melodies, smart solos, harmonies, Beatles, Badfinger, and Big Star indebtedness, cut-above chord progressions, and general instrumental proficiency (and a pretty cool band name); it reminds me of tons of things and people I like, and I want more.